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To Fib (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Fib

To beat. Fib the cove’s quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse. CANT.—A fib is also a tiny lie.

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

Feuterer * Fice

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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.

Fellow Commoner
Fen
To Fence
Fencing Ken
Ferme
Fermerdy Beggars
Ferrara
Ferret
Fetch
Feuterer
To Fib
Fice
Fid of Tobacco
Fiddle Faddle
Fiddlestick’s End
Fidgets
Fidlam Ben
Fiddlers Money
Field Lane Duck
Fieri Facias
Figdean