2. (Stock Exchange).—To sell, and afterwards re-purchase a stock, or vice versâ.
1889. Echo, 1 Feb. A third expedient offers itself—namely, to turn round and buy; but this operation goes by the name of 'floundering' especially when the speculator loses both ways.
Flounder-and-Dab, subs. phr.
(rhyming).—A cab. For synonyms,
see Growler.
Flour, subs. (American).—Money.
For synonyms, see Actual and
Gilt.
Flourish, subs. (venery).—Coition
in a hurry; flyer (q.v.); a fast-fuck
(q.v.). Also verbally. For
synonyms see Greens and Ride.
1796. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd ed.), s.v. To enjoy a woman with her clothes on or without going to bed.
Verb (colloquial.)—To be in luck: e.g., 'I flourish' = 'I am well off'; 'Do you flourish,' or 'Are you flourishing?' = 'Have you got any money?'
Flourishing, adj. (colloquial).—A retort to the enquiry, 'How are you?' The equivalent of 'Pretty well, thank you?'
To flourish it, verb. phr. (venery).—To-expose the person.
Flower, subs. (venery).—1. The
female pudendum. Also Flower-*pot.
For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. In pl. (conventional).—The menstrual flux. Cf., Flag, sense 3.
1598. Florio, A Worlde of Wordes. Biancure, the monthly flowers that women have.
1611. Cotgrave, Dictionarie. Le fourrier de la lune a marqué le logis, applicable to a woman that hath her flowers.
Flower-Fancier, subs. phr.
(venery).—A whore-master.
Flowery, subs. (thieves').—Lodging;
entertainment; 'square the
omee for the flowery' = pay
the landlord for the lodging.
[Lingua Franca.]
Flowery Language, subs. phr.
(colloquial).—A euphemism for
blasphemous and obscene speech.
Flower of Chivalry, subs. phr.
(venery).—The female pudendum.
For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Flowing-hope, subs. (military).—A
forlorn hope.
Flub-dub-and-Guff, subs. phr.
(American).—Rhetorical embellishment;
high-falutin' (q.v.).
1888. Detroit Free Press, August. Rev. Mr. Selah (to desk editor of the Daily Roarer)—'Mr. Seezars, are you going to publish my prayer in full?' Desk Editor—'In full? Well, I guess not.' (Changing his tone)—'However, we'll do what we can for you. By swiping out the flub-dub-and-guff, I guess we'll have room to put in the points.'
Flue, subs. (old). 1. The Recorder
of London or any large
town. Bamfylde Moore-Carew.
2. (colloquial).—The filth, part fluff, part hair, part dust, which collects under ill-kept beds, and at the junctures of sofas and chairs; Beggar's Velvet (q.v.).
1860. Dickens, Uncommercial Traveller. 'Arcadian London.' A power they possess of converting everything into flue. Such broken victuals as they take by stealth appear (whatever the nature
