 | Francis Grose - 1785 - 206 pàgines
...hand. FORK, a pickpocket (cant) let's fork him, let us pick his pocket ; "the newest and most dextrous way, which is, to thrust the fingers strait, stiff,...others, must have been much improved since that time. FORLORN HOPE, a gamester's last stake. FORTUNE HUNTERS, indigent men, seeking to enrich themselves... | |
 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 pàgines
...which is, to thruft the fingers {trait, {tiff, open, and very quick into the pocket, and fo doling them, hook what can be held between them." NB This was taken from a book, written many years ago. Doubtleis the art of picking pockets, like all others, muft have been much improved fince that time.... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1893 - 404 pàgines
...us pick that man's pocket, the newest and most dextrous way ; it is to thiust the fingers straight, stiff, open, and very quick into the pocket, and so closing them hook what can be held between them. 1785. GROSE, Diet, of tht Vulgar Tongue. Let us FORK him. 1&30. LYTTON, Paul Clifford, ch. xvi. Yet... | |
 | Captain Francis Grose - 1931 - 412 pàgines
...Let us fork him; let us pick his pocket. — 'The newest and most dexterous way, which is, to dirust the 'fingers strait, stiff, open, and very quick,...others, must have been much improved since that time. [Theverb is remotely but significantly connected with Edinburgh dialect/or£/or, to search for, to... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 2002 - 670 pàgines
...pick that man's pocket, the newest and most dexterous way. This is, to thrust the fingers straight, stiff, open, and very quick into the pocket, and so...closing them, hook what can be held between them. Froe, a wife, mistress, or whore. Brush to your f roe (or bloss) and wheedle for crap, ie, whip your... | |
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FORK. A pickpocket. Let us fork him; let us pick his pocket. — ' The newest and most dexterous way, which is, ' to thrust the fingers strait, stiff, open, and very quick, ' into the pocket, and so closing them, hook what can 