Fetch (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fetch

A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Ferret * Feuterer

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Feet
Feint
Fellow Commoner
Fen
To Fence
Fencing Ken
Ferme
Fermerdy Beggars
Ferrara
Ferret
Fetch
Feuterer
To Fib
Fice
Fid of Tobacco
Fiddle Faddle
Fiddlestick’s End
Fidgets
Fidlam Ben
Fiddlers Money
Field Lane Duck