A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.B. E.
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A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.
B. E.
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Romanies -- Languages
_Flocks and Herds_, Flocks are of lesser Cattel, Herds are of Black
Cattel, a Flock of Sheep or Goats, and sometimes of Birds, as Pidgeons;
and in Imitation of the Gregarious Creatures, Men, that are sociable, are
said to follow and flock after one another as Sheep, or to flock together
to see Shows and Spectacles.
_Flog_, c. to Whip _Flog’d_, c. severely Lasht.
_Flogging-cove_, c. the Beadle, or Whipper in Bridewell, or any such
Place.
_Flogging-stake_, c. a Whipping-post.
_Flogg’d at the Tumbler_, c. Whipt ac the Cart’s Arse.
_Flogging_, c. a Naked Woman’s whipping (with Rods) an Old (usually) and
(sometimes) a Young Lecher. _As the Prancer drew the Queer-Cove, at the
cropping of the Rotan, the Rum Pads of the Rum vile, and was Flogg’d by
the Rum Cove_, c. the Rogue was dragg’d at the Cart’s tail through the
chief Streets of _London_, and was soundly Whipt by the Hangman.
_Florence_, a Wench that is touz’d and ruffled.
_Florentine_, a made Dish of Minced Meats, Currans, Spice, Eggs, _&c._
Bak’d.
_Flounce_, to toss, _to fling and flounce_, to fling and toss.
_Flout_, a jeer, to flout or jeer.
_Flummery_, a cleansing Dish made of Oatmeal boyl’d in Water to a kind
of Jelly or Consistence and strained.
_Flush in the Pocket_, c. full of Money. _The Cull_ is flush in the
_Fob_, the Spark’s Pocket is well Lined with Money. _Flushing in the
Face_, a frequent redning, occasion’d by a sudden Question, surprize, and
also from a distemper’d Liver.
_Flustered_, Drunk.
_Flute_, c. the Recorder of _London_, or of any other Town.
_Flutter_, or Flie low, anciently to _Flitter_, hence a Flitter-mouse or
Bat; as much as to say, a Flying Mouse, as an Owl is a Flying-Cat.
_Flyers_, c. Shoes.
_Flying-Camps_, Beggers plying in Bodies at Funerals.
_Fob_, c. a cheat, trick; also a little Pocket.
_Fob off_, slyly to cheat or deceive.
_Fogus_, c. Tobacco. _Tip me gage of Fogus_, c. give me a Pipe of Tobacco.
_Foiling_, the Footing of Deer on the Grass, scarce seen.
_Folks_, the Servants, or ordinary People, as Country-folks,
Harvest-Folks, Work-folks, _&c._ _The Folks Bread or Pudding_, for the
coarsest Bread or Pudding.
_Fool’s Coat_, or _Colours_, a Motley of incongruous Colours too near a
Kin to match, as Red and Yellow, which is the Fool’s Coat with us, as
Blew and Green is with the French. _A Fool’s-Coat_, a Tulip so called,
striped with Red and Yellow.
_Fools-Cap_, a sort of Paper so called.
_Footman’s Mawnd_, c. an artificial Sore made with unslack’d Lime, Soap
and the Rust of old Iron; on the Back of a Begger’s hand, as if hurt by
the bite or kick of a Horse.
_Foot-pad_, c. see _Low-pad_, for _one Foot in the Grave_, a Pariphrasis
an old Man. _He has the length of his Foot._
_Fop_, _Foppish_, one that is singular or affected in Dress, Gestures,
_&c._
_Foplin_, the same, only younger.
_Forebode_, to presage, betoken or fore-show.
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