1847. Robb. Squatter Life, p. 133. At all the frolicks round the country, Jess was hangin’ onter that gal.
Frosty-face, subs. (old).—A pox-pitted man. Grose (1785).
Front, verb (thieves’).—To conceal the operations of a pickpocket; to cover (q.v.).
1879. J. W. Horsley in Macmillan’s Mag., XL., 506. So my pal said, ‘Front me (cover me), and I will do him for it.’
Front-attic (or -door, -garden, -parlour, -room, or -window). subs. phr. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. To have (or do) a bit of front-door work = to copulate.
1823. Bee, Dict. of the Turf, s.v. Mrs. Fubb’s front-parlour (vide Tom Rees) is not to be mistaken for any part of any building.
Front-door Mat, subs. phr. (venery).—The female pubic hair. For synonyms, see Fleece.
Front-gut, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Frontispiece, subs. (pugilists’).—The face. For synonyms, see Dial.
1818. P. Egan, Boxiana, I., p. 221. Tyne put in right and left upon the Jew’s frontispiece two such severe blows, that Crabbe’s countenance underwent a trifling change.