Fly Slicers (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fly Slicers

Life-guard men, from their sitting on horseback, under an arch, where they are frequently observed to drive away flies with their swords.

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

Fly-by-night * Flyer

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Flourish
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Flummery
Flush In the Pocket
Flustered
Flute
To Flux
Fly
Fly-1
Fly-by-night
Fly Slicers
Flyer
Flyers
Fly-flapped
Flying Camps
Flying Giggers
Flying Horse
Flying Pasty
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