FLY SLICERS. Life-guard men, from their sitting on horseback, under an arch, where they are frequently observed to drive away flies with their swords.
FLYER. To take a flyer; to enjoy a woman with her clothes on, or without going to bed.
FLYERS. Shoes.
FLY-FLAPPED. Whipt in the stocks, or at the cart's tail.
FLYING CAMPS. Beggars plying in a body at funerals.
FLYING GIGGERS. Turnpike gates.
FLYING HOUSE. A lock in wrestling, by which he who
uses it throws his adversary over his head.
FLYING PASTY. Sirreverence wrapped in paper and
thrown over a neighbour's wall.
FLYING PORTERS. Cheats who obtain money by pretending to persons who have been lately robbed, that they may come from a place or party where, and from whom, they may receive information respecting the goods stolen from them, and demand payment as porters.
FLYING STATIONERS. Ballad-singers and hawkers of penny histories.