1858. A. Mayhew, Paved with Gold, bk. II., ch. i., p. 60. They're just made for hooking a FOGLE [handkerchief] out of a clye.
Fogle-hunter, subs. (thieves').—
A thief whose speciality is FOGLES
(q.v.) Fr. un blaviniste or un
chiffonier, but for synonyms, see
Stookhauler.
1827. Maginn, in Blackwood's Mag. . . . the FOGLE HUNTERS doing Their morning fake in the prigging lay.
1830. Lytton, Paul Clifford, ch. xvi. Who's here so base as would be a FOGLE-HUNTER?
1837. Dickens, Oliver Twist, p. 44. 'What's the matter now?' said the man, carelessly. 'A young FOGLE-HUNTER,' replied the man who had Oliver in charge.
1843. Punch, IV., p. 129. Rich charities the chapel throng. The swell mob they are there, The Bishop's sermon is not long, The FOGLE-HUNTER ware!
Fogle-hunting (or DRAWING),
subs. phr. (thieves').—Stealing
pocket-handkerchiefs; i.e., 'prigging
of wipes.'
1823. Bee, Dict. of the Turf, etc., p. 82. Q. 'Where's Teddy?' A. 'He's out a FOGLE-HUNTING.' Sometimes 'tis said 'drawing FOGLES,' and 'FOGLE-DRAWING.'
Fogram, or Fogrum, subs. (old).
—A fussy old man. [Cf., colloquial
sense of Fogey.]
1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1793. Butt, Poems. We teach old maxims, neither less nor more, Than Locke, or humble Hooker taught before, Those FOGRUMS, quizzes, treats, and bores, and gigs. Were held in some account with ancient prigs.
1798. O'Keefe, Fontainbleau, II., 3. Never mind, old FOGRUM, run away with me.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue's Lexicon, s.v.
Adj. (old).—Fogeyish; stupid.
1777. Foote, Trip to Calais, i, Father and mother are but a couple of FOGRUM old fools.
Hence Fogramity = (1) Fogeyism (q.v.), and (2) the state of Fogeyishness.
1796. D'Arblay, Camilla, ii., 5. Nobody's civil now, you know, it is a FOGRAMITY quite out of date.
Fogue, adj. (American thieves')—
Fierce; fiery.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue's Lexicon, s.v.
Fogus, subs. (old).—Tobacco. [Cf.,
Fogus.] For synonyms, see
Weed.
1671. Head, English Rogue, I., v., p. 49 (1874), s.v. 1724. Coles, English Dict., s.v. 1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulg. Tongue. Tip me a gage of FOGUS.
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 133. A hole in the roof of my cell, through which I handed her plenty of FOGUS.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, bk. III., ch. v. Troll us a stave, my antediluvian file, and in the meantime tip me a gage [pipe] of FOGUS, Jerry.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue's Lexicon, s.v.
Foiler, subs. (old).—A thief.
1669. Nicker Nicked, in Harl. Misc. [ed. Park], ii., 108. Given in list of names of thieves.
Foin, verb. (obsolete).—To copulate,
i.e., to thrust, TO POKE (q.v.).
Also subs.
1598. Florio, A Worlde of Wordes. Scazzata: A thrust, a push, a FOYNE, or the serving to a woman of a man's pricke.
1598. Shakspeare, 2 Henry IV., ii., 4. Thou whoreson little tidy Bartholomew boar pig, when wilt thou leave fighting o'days, and FOINING o'nights, and begin to patch up thine old body for heaven?
Foist, Foyst, or Fyst, subs. (old).
—1. A cheat; a swindler; a
sharper.
1592. John Day, Blind Beggar (Bullen), p. 21. Your nipper, your FOYST, your rogue, your cheat.
