Adj. and adv. (vulgar).—An expletive of intensification. Thus, frigging bad = ‘bloody’ bad; a frigging idiot = an absolute fool. See also Foutering and Fucking. Frightfully, adv. (colloquial).—Very. An expletive used as are awfully, beastly, bloody, etc. (q.v.). Frig-pig, subs. (old).—A finnicking trifler. 1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. Frigster (in fem. Frigstress) subs. (venery).—A masturbator; an indorser (q.v., also = a Sodomite). Frillery, subs. (common).—Feminine underclothing. For synonyms, see Snowy. To explore one’s frillery (venery) = to grope one’s person. Frills, subs. (American).—Swagger; conceit; also accomplishments (as music, languages, etc.); and culture; cf., Man with no frills. 1870. Sacramento Paper (quoted in De Vere). ‘I can’t bear his talk, it’s all frills.’ 1884. Clemens (‘Mark Twain’), Adventures of Huck Finn. 33. I never see such a son. I bet I’ll take some of these frills out of you before I’m done with you. To put on one’s frills, verb. phr. (American).—To exaggerate; to chant the poker; to swagger; to put on side (q.v.); to sing it (q.v.). Fr., se gonfler le jabot, and faire son lard. 1890. Rudyard Kipling, National Observer, March, 1890, p. 69. ‘The Oont.’ It’s the commissariat camel putting on his blooming frills. 2. (venery).—To get wanton or prick-proud (q.v.); in a state of must (q.v.). To have been among one’s frills, verb. phr. (venery).—To have enjoyed the sexual favour. For synonyms, see Greens. Frint, subs. (old).—A pawnbroker. For synonyms, see Uncle. 1821. Real Life in London, i., p. 566. Frisco, subs. (American).—Short for San Francisco. 1870. Bret Harte, Poems, ‘Chiquita.’ Busted hisself at White Pine, and blew out his brains down in Frisco. 1890. Sporting Life, 8 Nov. The battle ... took place in the theatre, Market St., Frisco. Frisk, subs. (old).—1. A frolic; an outing; a lark (q.v.); mischief generally. 1697. Vanbrugh, Provoked Wife, iii., 1. If you have a mind to take a frisk with us, I have an interest with my lord; I can easily introduce you. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1825. The English Spy, vi., p. 162. Dick’s a trump and no telegraph—up to every frisk, and down to every move of the domini, thoroughbred and no want of courage. 1852. Dickens, Bleak House, ch. xx., p. 171. ‘When you and I had the frisk down in Lincolnshire, Guppy, and drove over to see that house at Castle Wold.’ 2. (old).—A dance. 1719. Durfey, Pills, etc., i., 274. Let’s have a neat frisk or so, And then rub on the law. 1782. Cowper, Table Talk, 237. Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign whoever may. 1880. Ouida, Moths, ch. xiv. And her fancy-dress frisks, and her musical breakfasts, were great successes. 3. (venery).—The act of copulation. See Greens and Ride.