To Frisk (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Frisk

Used by thieves to signify searching a person whom they have robbed. Blast his eyes! frisk him.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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