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1862. Speech of W. G. Brownlow of Tenn. in N. Y. Herald, 16 May. 'Sir,' said he,—and he [W. L. Yancey] is a beautiful speaker and personally a very fine-looking man,—'are you the celebrated Parson Brownlow?' 'I'm the only man on earth,' I replied, 'that fills the bin.'
Fillupey, adj. and adv. (obsolete).—Satisfying.
[From fill + up
+ y.]
1853. Diogenes, II., 195. Champagne is fillupey, so is Auber's music.
Filly, subs. (common).—A girl;
specifically a wanton. Among
thieves, a daughter.
1668. Etherege, She Would if She Could, II., ii. (1704), p. 112. I told you they were a couple of skittish fillies, but I never knew 'em boggle at a man before.
1846. Thackeray, V. Fair, ch. xi. Well, I heard him say, 'By jove, shes a neat little filly!' meaning your humble servant, and he did me the honour to dance two country dances with me.
Filly-hunting, subs. (venery).—Questing
adventures; grousing
(q.v.).
Filth, subs. (old venery).—A prostitute.
1602. Shakspeare, Othello, v., 2. Iago, Filth, thou liest!
1609. Shakspeare, Timon of Athens, iv., 1. To general filths Convert, o' the instant, green virginity.
Fimble-Famble, subs. (common).—A
lame excuse; a prevaricating
answer.
Fin, subs. (common).—1. The
arm; also the hand. [Fr., nageoire,
but for synonyms, see
Daddle. To tip the fin =
to shake hands.
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Fin, an arm.
1836. Michael Scott, Cruise of the Midge, p. 116. I wagged my head at this one, and nodded to another, and salaam'd with my fins with all the grace of a wounded turtle, to a third.
1836. Dickens, Pickwick, ch. xxxvii., p. 323. 'Smauker, my lad, your fin,' said the gentleman with the cocked hat. Mr. Smauker dovetailed the top joint of his right hand little finger into that of the gentleman with the cocked hat, and said he was charmed to see him looking so well.
1844. Puck, p. 134. The sun shines fair in Carey Street, And eke in Lincoln's Inn, When Brown and Johnson gaily meet And shake the friendly fin.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, ch. lv. The young surgeon . . . succeeded in getting the General's dirty old hand under what he called his own fin.
1850. F. Smedley, Frank Fairleigh, p. 152. I'll drive you there instead; it will be better for your scorched fin (pointing to my injured arm), than jolting about outside a horse.
2. Also Finn or Finnie.—See Finnup.
Intj.—See Fain.
Find, subs. (Harrow).—A mess of
three or four upper boys which
teas and breakfasts in the rooms
of one or other of the set.
Find-fag = a fag who provides
for or 'finds' upper boys.
Finder, subs. (thieves').—1. A
thief; specifically a meat-market
thief.
2. (Oxford University).—A waiter; especially at Caius'.
Fine, subs. (thieves').—Punishment;
a term of imprisonment. For
synonyms, see Dose. To fine =
to sentence. [From the payment
of money imposed as a punishment
for an offence.]
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue's Lexicon. The cove had a fine of two stretches and a half imposed upon him for relieving a joskin of a load of cole.
