Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.Henley, William Ernest
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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.
Henley, William Ernest
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Slang -- Dictionaries
1883. Referee, 15 July, p. 7, col. 3. While Ned from Boulogne says
‘Oui mon brave,’ The Froggies must answer for ‘Tamatave.’
3. (popular).—A foot. For synonyms, see Creepers.
To frog on, verb. phr. (American).—To get on; to prosper frogging-on =
success.
Frog-and-Toad, subs. (rhyming).—The main road.
Frog-and-Toe, subs. (American thieves’).—The city of New York.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue’s Lexicon, p. 35. Coves, let us
frog-and-toe, coves, let us go to New York.
Froglander, subs. (old).—A Dutchman. Cf., frog, sense 2.
1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1852. Judson, Mysteries, etc., of New York, ch. xiv. The funny swag
which they raised out of the froglander coves.
Frog-salad, subs. (American).—A ballet; i.e., a leg-piece (q.v.).
Frog’s March. To give the frog’s march, verb. phr. (common).—To carry a
man face downwards to the station; a device adopted with drunken or
turbulent prisoners.
1871. Evening Standard, ‘Clerkenwell Police Report,’ 18 April. In
cross-examination the police stated that they did not give the
defendant the frog’s march. The frog’s march was described to be
carrying the face downwards.
1884. Daily News, Oct. 4, p. 5, col. 2. They had to resort to a
mode of carrying him, familiarly known in the force, we believe, as
the frog trot, or sometimes as the frog’s march.... The prisoner is
carried with his face downwards and his arms drawn behind him.
1888. Daily Telegraph, 22 Dec. Whether the ‘bobbies’ ran the tipsy
man in, treating him meanwhile to a taste of the frog’s march, and
whether he was fined or imprisoned for assaulting the police, is
not upon the record.
1890. Bird o’ Freedom, 19 Mar., p. 1, col. 1. And then he gets the
frog’s march to the nearest Tealeaf’s.
Frog’s Wine, subs. phr. (old).—Gin. For synonyms, see Drinks and Satin.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
Frolic, subs. (common).—A merry-making.
1847. Robb. Squatter Life, p. 133. At all the frolicks round the
country, Jess was hangin’ onter that gal.
Frosty-face, subs. (old).—A pox-pitted man. Grose (1785).
Front, verb (thieves’).—To conceal the operations of a pickpocket; to
cover (q.v.).
1879. J. W. Horsley in Macmillan’s Mag., XL., 506. So my pal said,
‘Front me (cover me), and I will do him for it.’
Front-attic (or -door, -garden, -parlour, -room, or -window). subs.
phr. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. To
have (or do) a bit of front-door work = to copulate.
1823. Bee, Dict. of the Turf, s.v. Mrs. Fubb’s front-parlour (vide
Tom Rees) is not to be mistaken for any part of any building.
Front-door Mat, subs. phr. (venery).—The female pubic hair. For
synonyms, see Fleece.
Front-gut, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable.
Frontispiece, subs. (pugilists’).—The face. For synonyms, see Dial.
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