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2. Extravagant; above real value.

This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like
that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy
prices for giants.

Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear
in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons
and nations. -- Fancy fair, a fair at
which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some
charitable purpose. -- Fancy goods,
fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks,
laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or
make. -- Fancy line (Naut.), a line
rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it
down. -- Fancy roller (Carding
Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth)
in front of the doffer. -- Fancy stocks, a
species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling,
since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their
prices are artificial. -- Fancy store, one
where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.


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