Originally a wife and several children, a matter of pride to the possessor. Now obsolete among the careful, or confined to the wife, a bull pup and a canary bird.
FARE. The cost of a ride. See old adage, "Only the brave can work their fare."
FAULT About the only thing that is often found where it does not exist.
FICTION. The Constitutional fiat that "all men are created equal."
FIDDLER A violinist before he becomes the virtuoso who refuses to play a real tune.