1894 Brewer’s / F / Flummuxed
The mark ⨀ set on a street, gatepost, house, etc., as a warning to fellow-vagabonds not to go near, for fear of being given in charge.
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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.