Fly (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fly

Knowing. Acquainted with another’s meaning or proceeding. The rattling cove is fly; the coachman knows what we are about.

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

To Flux * Fly-1

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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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Flustered
Flute
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Fly
Fly-1
Fly-by-night
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Flyer
Flyers
Fly-flapped
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