1883. Sala, Echoes of the Year, p. 369. Fop's alley was the gangway running parallel to the footlights, between the last row of the stalls and the first row of the pit in Her Majesty's Theatre, and in its palmiest days it was always graced by the presence of a subaltern of the Guards in full uniform, daintily swinging his bearskin.
Forakers, subs. (Winchester
College).—The water-closet.
[Formerly spelt foricus and
probably a corruption of foruas,
an English plural of the Latin
forica.] For synonyms, see Mrs.
Jones.
Foraminate, verb (venery).—To
copulate. For synonyms, see
Greens and Ride.
Force, subs. (colloquial).—The
police; properly a body of men
trained for action. For synonyms,
see Beak and Copper.
1868. Braddon. Trail of the Serpent, bk. IV., ch. vi. 'I should like to . . . bring a child up from the very cradle to the police detective line, to see whether I couldn't make that 'ere child a ornament to the force.'
1883. Daily Telegraph, 5 April, p. 2, col. 1. But in all my experience of the force, I think I never saw a policeman's eyes so expressive of gratitude.
To force the voucher, verb. phr. (turf).—It is customary for sporting tricksters to advertise selections and enclose vouchers (similar to those sent out by respectable commission agents) for double or treble the current odds. The correspondent is informed that, in consequence of early investments, the extra odds can be laid; a remittance is requested; the voucher is forced; and then the firm 'dries up,' and changes its name and address.
Forcemeat Ball, subs. phr. (old)—Something
endured from compulsion:
as (1) a rape: (2)
going to prison; (3) transportation;
(4) an affiliation order; (5)
abstention (from drink, pleasure,
etc.) through impecuniosity.
Forceps, subs. (old).—The hands.
[Properly a pair of surgeon's
pincers.]—For synonyms, see
Daddle.
Fore-and-Aft, verb. (venery).—To
copulate. See Greens and
Ride.
Fore-and-after, subs. phr. (American).—1.
See quot.
1840. Haliburton, Clockmaker, 3 S., ch. xi. 'The way she walks her chalks ain't no matter. She is a regular fore-and-after.'
2. (venery).—A double-barrelled (q.v.) harlot. [As in the song attributed to an eminent living man of letters: "Sing whore, sing whore, Behind and before, Her price is a shilling—She never gets more."]
Fore-buttocks, subs. (old).—The
paps.—For synonyms, see Dairy.
a. 1745. Swift, Pope, and Arbuthnot, Misc. iv., 222. Now her fore-buttocks to the navel bare.
Forecaster, subs. (venery). The
female pudendum. For synonyms,
see Monosyllable.
Fore-coach-wheel, subs. (common).—A
half-crown. For
synonyms, see Caroon.
Fore-court, subs. phr. (venery).—The
female pudendum. Also
Fore-hatch, Fore-castle,
and Fore-room. For synonyms,
see Monosyllable.
Forefoot, subs. (old).—The hand.
1599. Shakspeare, Henry V., II., 1. Give me thy fist; thy forefoot to me give.
1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
