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Fub

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To steal, to prig. (French, fourbi, “a Jew who conceals a trap;” fourber, “to cheat;” four, “a false pocket for concealing stolen goods.”)

 

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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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Frontino
Frost
Frost Saints
Froth (Master)
Froude’s Cat
Frozen Music
Frozen Words
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