Fire-eater, a quarrelsome man, a braggadocio or turbulent person who is always ready to fight.
Firkytoodle, to cuddle or fondle.
First flight, the first lot to finish in a foot or horse race, in a fox hunt, &c.
Fish, a person; “a queer FISH,” “a loose FISH.” Term never used except in doubtful cases, as those quoted.
Fishfag, originally a Billingsgate fishwife; now any scolding, vixenish, foul-mouthed woman.
Fishy, doubtful, unsound, rotten; used to denote a suspicion of a “screw being loose,” or “something rotten in the state of Denmark,” in referring to any proposed speculation.
Fit, an Americanism denoting the preterite of the verb to fight. A Yankee once came upon the words nihil fit, and he immediately wrote off to the editor of the paper to which he subscribed to know “Who was Nihil, who he fit, what amount he fit for, and if he won.”
Five fingers, the five of trumps, at the game of Five-cards, or Don.
Fives, “bunch of FIVES,” the fist.
Fix, a predicament, or dilemma; “an awful FIX,” a terrible position; “to FIX one’s flint for him,” i.e., to “settle his hash,” to “put a spoke in his wheel.”