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F sharps . fleas. Compare B FLATS.
Face . credit at a public-house, impudence, confidence, brass; thus a BRAZEN-FACE. “To run one’s FACE,” is to obtain credit in a bounceable manner. “He’s got some FACE,” _i.e._, he has got lots of impudence.
Face entry . the entrée to a theatre. From the FACE being known, as distinguished from free-list entry.
Facer . a blow on the face. In Ireland, a dram.
Facer . a tumbler of whisky-punch. Possibly from the suffusion of blood to the face caused by it.
Fad . a hobby, a favourite pursuit.
Fadge . a farthing.
Fadge . a flat loaf.—_North._
Fadge . to suit or fit; “it wont FADGE,” it will not do. Used by Shakspeare, but now heard only in the streets.
Fadger . a glazier’s frame. Otherwise called a “frail,” perhaps in reference to the fragile nature of its contents.
Fag . a schoolboy who performs a servant’s offices to a superior schoolmate. From FAG, to become weary or tired out. _Low German_, FAKK, wearied.
Fag . to beat.
Faggot . a bundle of bits of the “stickings” (hence probably its name) sold for food to the London poor. It is sometimes called a duck. In appearance it resembles a Scotch “haggis,” without, however, being nearly so good as that fragrant article. Probably the FAG-END of a thing, the inferior or remaining part, the refuse.
Faggot . a term of opprobrium used by low people to children and women; “you little FAGGOT, you!” FAGGOT was originally a term of contempt for a dry shrivelled old woman, whose bones were like a bundle of sticks, only fit to burn.—Compare the French expression for a heretic, _sentir le fagot_.
Faggot briefs . bundles of worthless papers tied up with red tape, carried by unemployed barristers in the back rows of the courts to simulate briefs.
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