Fate

= something destined or suitable, is not the Latin fatum, but the French fait = share, one’s own, that which suits one; as “voila mon fait,” that is the man for me.

“Pour moi, ma sieur, a dit la cadette, jʹaime le solide, je veux un homme riche, et le gros don Blanco sera mon fait.”—Le Sage: Diable Boiteux.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Fast and Loose (To play)
Fasti
Fasting
Fastrade
Fat
Fat Men
Fat as a Porpoise
Fata
Fata Morgana
Fatal Gifts
Fate
Fates
Father
Father Mathew
Father Neptune
Father Norbert
Father Paul
Father Prout
Father Thames
Father Thoughtful
Father of Waters