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Fugleman

means properly wingman, but is applied to a soldier who stands in front of men at drill to show them what to do. Their proper and original post was in front of the right wing. (German, Flügel, a wing.)

 

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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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Frumentius (St.)
Fry
Frying-pan
Fub
Fuchs [a fox]
Fudge
Fudge Family
Fuel
Fuga ad Salices (A)
Fuggers
Fugleman
Fulhams, or Fullams
Full Cry
Full Dress
Full Fig (In)
Full Swing (In)
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Fum
Fum the Fourth
Fumage
Fume