Fly slicers. Life-guard men, from their
sitting on
horseback, under an arch, where they are
frequently observed
to drive away flies with their swords.
Flyer. To take a flyer; to enjoy a woman
with her
clothes on, or without going to bed.
Flyers. Shoes.
Fly-flapped. Whipt in the stocks, or at the cart’s tail.
Flying Camps. Beggars plying in a body at funerals.
Flying GIGGERS. Turnpike gates.
Flying house. A lock in wrestling,
by which he who
uses it throws his adversary over his
head.
Flying Pasty. Sirreverence wrapped
in paper and
thrown over a neighbour’s wall.
Flying porters. Cheats who obtain money
by pretending
to persons who have been lately robbed,
that they
may come from a place or party where,
and from whom,
they may receive information respecting
the goods stolen
from them, and demand payment as porters.
Flying STATIONERS. Ballad-singers and hawkers
of penny
histories.
FLYMSEY. A bank note.
Fob. A cheat, trick, or contrivance, I will
not be fobbed off
so; I will not be thus deceived with false
pretences. The
fob is also a small breeches pocket for
holding a watch.
Fog. Smoke. Cant.
Fogey. Old Fogey. A nickname for an
invalid soldier:
derived from the French word fougeux,
fierce or fiery.
Fogle. A silk handkerchief,
FOGRAM. An old fogram; a fusty old fellow.
Fogus. Tobacco. Tip me a gage of fogus;
give me a
pipe of tobacco. Cant.
Fool. A fool at the end of a stick; a fool
at one end, and
a maggot at the other; gibes on an angler.
Fool Finder. A bailiff.
Foolish. An expression among impures, signifying
the
cully who pays, in opposition to a flash
man. Is he
foolish or flash?
Foot pads, or low pads. Rogues who rob on foot.
Foot WABBLER. A contemptuous appellation
for a foot
soldier, commonly used by the cavalry.
FOOTMAN’S MAWND. An artificial sore made
with unslaked
lime, soap, and the rust of old iron,
on the back
of a beggar’s hand, as if hurt by
the bite or kick of a horse.
Footy despicable. A footy fellow, a
despicable fellow;
from the French foutue.
Forefoot, or paw. Give us your fore foot; give us your hand.
Foreman of the jury. One
who engrosses all the talk
to himself, or speaks for the rest of
the company.


