A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words / Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

by John Camden Hotten

FRESH, said of a person slightly intoxicated.

FRISK, to search; FRISKED, searched by a constable or other officer.

FRISK A CLY, to empty a pocket.

FRIZZLE, champagne.

FROG, a policeman.

FRONTISPIECE, the face.

FROW, a girl, or wife. German, FRAU; Dutch, VROUW.

FRUMMAGEMMED, annihilated, strangled, garotted, or spoilt.—Old cant.

FRUMP, a slatternly woman, a gossip.—Ancient.

FRUMP, to mock, or insult.—Beaumont and Fletcher.