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Faggot |
This preparation..is a sort of cake, roll or ball..made of chopped liver and lights, mixed with gravy, and wrapped in pieces of pig's caul.
1851 MAYHEW Lond. Labour II. (London)
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fairway | A navigable channel between rocks, sandbanks, etc., in a river or other body of water; a course or path regularly followed by vessels on the sea or in entering and leaving a harbour [OED]
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famous¹ | an emphatic expression of approval: Excellent, grand, magnificent, splendid, 'capital' [OED].
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fan-dangs(1) | Probably aristocrats. The OED gives a 1797 usage "A parcel of nonsense about jukes and lords, and them sort of fandangus trumpery".
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farthing | A coin worth one quarter of a penny.
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fates¹ | In later Greek and Roman mythology, the three goddesses supposed to determine the course of human life. [OED]
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Father Maguire | Probably Thomas Maguire (1792–1847), Roman Catholic priest, polemicist, and Irish patriot, [Oxford Dict. Nat.Biog]
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father thames¹ | The personification of the river Thames [CPB]
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Fathom(1) | 6 feet, a little over 1.8 metres
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favourite¹ | Favourite was built in 1817. It was owned by Gravesend Steam Packet Company 1817 to 1819 and by the Margate Steam Packet Company from 1820 to c1828 (i).
(i) Dix, F Royal River Highway, A history of the passenger boats and services on the river Thames. p 239.
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fees(1) | Gratuities; tips.
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Fellmonger(1) | A dealer in skins or hides of animals [OED]
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Felo-de-se |
Commit suicide (One who ‘deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or commits any unlawful malicious act, the consequence of which is his own death’ oed).
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Fettle¹ | Condition, state or trim.
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fie | An exclamation expressing, in early use, disgust or indignant reproach. Sometimes more fully fie, for shame! [OED]
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Fieschi's gang | Guiseppe Marco Feischi (1790-1836) led an attempt on the life of the King of France in 1835.
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fingal¹ | Legendary Scottish warrior subject of a long narrative poem recounting his heroic deeds apocryphaly attributed to Ossian.
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fireman¹ | Fireman: person who used to check bits for gas and in some cases fire pockets of it. Reference:
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first-foot¹ | To be the first person to enter the home of (a family member, friend, neighbour, etc.) on New Year's Day. [OED]
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fish fag | Perhaps fag here means , a junior who performs certain duties for a senior as in In English public school usage.
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