Fizzle (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fizzle

An escape backward,

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

Five Shillings * Flabagasted

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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

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Finger Post
Finish
Firing a Gun
To Fire a Slug
Fire Priggers
Fire Ship
Fire Shovel
Fish
Fit
Five Shillings
Fizzle
Flabagasted
Flabby
Flag
Flam
Flap Dragon
To Flare
Flash
Flash Panneys
Flash-1
To Flash