Fadge.
A farthing. A corrupt contraction of fardingal, i.e. farthingale. (See Chivy.)
A farthing. A corrupt contraction of fardingal, i.e. farthingale. (See Chivy.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.