1821. Real Life in London, i., p. 566.
Frisco, subs. (American).—Short for San Francisco.
1870. Bret Harte, Poems, ‘Chiquita.’ Busted hisself at White Pine, and blew out his brains down in Frisco.
1890. Sporting Life, 8 Nov. The battle … took place in the theatre, Market St., Frisco.
Frisk, subs. (old).—1. A frolic; an outing; a lark (q.v.); mischief generally.
1697. Vanbrugh, Provoked Wife, iii., 1. If you have a mind to take a frisk with us, I have an interest with my lord; I can easily introduce you.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1825. The English Spy, vi., p. 162. Dick’s a trump and no telegraph—up to every frisk, and down to every move of the domini, thoroughbred and no want of courage.
1852. Dickens, Bleak House, ch. xx., p. 171. ‘When you and I had the frisk down in Lincolnshire, Guppy, and drove over to see that house at Castle Wold.’
2. (old).—A dance.