1877. Besant and Rice, Golden Butterfly, ch. i. They repaired arm-in-arm to their club—the Renaissance, now past its prime, and a little FOGYISH.
1883. Saturday Review, 31 March, p. 403, col. 1. Not the least among the pleasures of FOGEYDOM, so ably depicted by Thackeray, is the confidence that it inspires in the hearts of the fairer sex.
Foggage, subs. (colloquial).—Fodder,
especially green-meat.
1785. Burns, To a Mouse. And naething now to bigg a new ane O'FOGGAGE green.
Fogged, ppl. adj. (common).—1.
Drunk. Cf., FOGGY. For synonyms,
see Drinks and Screwed.
2. (common).—Perplexed; bewildered; at a loss. [From FOG (q.v.), to perplex]. For synonyms, see Flabbergasted.
1883. Illust. London News, 6 Jan., p. 6, col. 3. They were all treading on one another's heels, trying to do their best, but hopelessly FOGGED.
1887. All the Year Round, 30 July, 30, p. 68. An Australian says that he is bushed just as an Englishman, equally characteristically, declares that he is FOGGED.
Fogger, subs. (old).—1. A huckster;
a cringing, whining beggar;
a pettifogger.
1614. Terence in English. I shall be exclaimed upon to be a beggarly FOGGER, greedily hunting after heritage.
2. (old).—A farm servant whose duty is to feed the cattle; i.e., to supply them with FOGGAGE (q.v.).
Foggy, adj. (common).—1. Drunk;
i.e., CLINCHED or HAZY (q.v.)
For synonyms, see Drinks and
Screwed.
2. (colloquial).—Dull; fatwitted; THICK (q.v.).
Fogle, subs. (thieves').—A silk handkerchief; also generic. [Cf., Ita., foglia = a pocket, a purse: Fr., fouille = a pocket]. A cotton handkerchief is called a CLOUT.
English Synonyms.—Bandanna; belcher; billy; clout; conch-clout; fam-cloth; flag; kent-rag; madam; muckender; mucketer (Florio); nose-wipe; pen-wiper; rag; sneezer; snottinger or snot-rag; stook; wipe. See Billy.
French Synonyms.—Un cachemire (popular); un blave or blavin (thieves'; from O.F., blave = blue); une fassolette (thieves': It., fazzoletto); un chiffon or chiffonnion (popular = a rag); un moufion (popular); les mouchettes (popular = wipes).
German Synonyms.—Schneitzlingsschneiche (cf., Snot-rag); Flammert or Flamme (also a neckerchief and an apron); Wisch (= also clothing of any kind).
1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1821. Egan, Tom and Jerry (1890), p. 74, Jerry's sneezer was touched with some convulsive efforts so that his FOGLE was continually at work.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood bk. iii., ch. 5. Fogles and fawnies soon went their way.
1837. Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. xviii. 'If you don't take FOGLES and tickers' 'What's the good of talking in that way?' interposed Master Bates: 'he don't know what you mean.' 'If you don't take pocket-handkerchiefs and watches,' said the Dodger
1841. Tait's Edinburgh Mag., viii., p. 220. Fawnies or FOGLES, onions gay, all were the same to me.
1849. Punch's Almanack, 'The Swell Mobsman's Almanack.' Their FOGLES fetch next to nothing.
