FLY. Knowing; up to him. "The bloke was fly, and I could not draw his fogle," the man was aware of what I wanted, and I could not steal his handkerchief.
FLY-COP. Sharp officer; an officer that is well posted; one who understands his business.
FLYING COVES. Fellows who obtain money by pretending to persons who have been robbed, that they can give them information that will be the means of recovering their lost goods.
FOGLE-HUNTING. Stealing pocket-handkerchiefs.
FOGUS. Tobacco. "Tip me a gage of fogus," give me a cigar, or a pipe and tobacco.
FRENCH CREAM. Brandy--called "French cream," by the old Tabbies, when mixed with their tea.
FRIDAY FACE. A dismal countenance; the face of a man who is sentenced to be executed.
FROG AND TOE. The city of New-York. "Coves, let us frog and toe," coves, let us go to New-York.
FUN. To cheat. "To fun a man," is to cheat him.
FUNKERS. The very lowest order of thieves.
GAFF. A theatre; a fair. "The drop-coves maced the joskins at the gaff," the ring-droppers cheated the countrymen at the fair.
GAGE. Man; fellow. "Deck the gage," see the man.
GAIT. Manner; fashion; way; profession. "I say, Tim, what's your gait now?" "Why, you see, I'm on the crack," (burglary.)
GAME. The particular line of rascality the rogue is engaged in; thieving; cheating.
GAMMON. To deceive. "What rum gammon the old sharp pitched into the flat," how finely the knowing old fellow flattered the fool.
GANDER. A married man not living at home with his wife.
GAPESEED. Wonderful stories; any thing that will cause people to stop, look, or listen.
GARRETTING. To rob a house by entering it through the scuttle or an upper window.
GARROTERS. Fellows that rob by choking their victim. Three fellows work together in this manner: The tallest of the three steps behind the victim, and putting his right arm around the neck, compresses the windpipe, and at the same time, locks the right leg by throwing his own around it. Another of the confederates secures his hands, while the third rifles his pockets. Should the garroting be done on a public thoroughfare, where people are passing, the garroters engage in laughter and jocular remarks, as if it were a pleasant lark among friends. They sometimes sprinkle rum on and about the victim's neck and face, so as to induce persons who find him, after they have left him half-dead and stupified, to believe that he is drunk.