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Figger (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Figger

A little boy put in at a window to hand out goods to the diver. See Diver.

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

Figdean * Figging Law

Nearby

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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About

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.

Fice
Fid of Tobacco
Fiddle Faddle
Fiddlestick’s End
Fidgets
Fidlam Ben
Fiddlers Money
Field Lane Duck
Fieri Facias
Figdean
Figger
Figging Law
Figure Dancer
Filch
File
Fin
Fine
Fine-1
Finger In Eye
Finger Post
Finish