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FORTUNE-Hunters,

Irishmen, Pursuers of rich Heiresses, &c. to obtain them in Marriage. A Creature of Fortune, one that lives by his Wit.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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FOOT-Pads
FORMAN of the Jury
FORK
A FORK
FORLORN-Hope
FORTUNE-Hunters
FORTUNE-Tellers
FOUNDLING
A FOX
FOXED
FOYST

Nearby:

Fortune Hunters in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).