1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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.

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