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Faʹgin

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An infamous Jew, who teaches boys and girls to rob with dexterity. (Dickens: Oliver Twist.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fadda
Fadge
Fadge
Fadha (Al)
Fadladeen
Faërie or Feerie
Faërie Queene
Fag
Fag-end (A)
Fagged Out
Fagin
Fagot
Fagot Votes
Fagots
Fahfah
Faids
Faience
Faineant
Faint
Faint Hearted
Fair (The)