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Faulkner (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Faulkner

A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. Cant.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Fat Headed * Faytors

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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Francis Grose was independently wealthy, having inherited money from his father, a jeweller. Finding himself overspending, he published a number of books; his Provincial Glossary seems to have been the starting-point for the Vulgar Tongue reproduced here.

Fart
Fart Catcher
Farting Crackers
Fartleberries
Fastner
Fastnesses
Fat
As Fat As a Hen In the Forehead
Fat Cull
Fat Headed
Faulkner
Faytors
Fawney Rig
Fawney
Feague
Feak
To Feather One’s Nest
Feather-bed Lane
Fee
Feeder
Feet