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▪ I. fam, n. slang.|fæm|
[Short for famble n.]
= famble in various senses. Also in Comb. as fam-grasp v., intr. and trans., to shake hands, make up a difference (with); fam-snatcher.
1692–1732Coles, Fam grasp, agree with. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Famgrasp, to agree. 1789G. Parker Life's Painter 180 Fam, a gold ring. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Fam, the hand. 1819Moore Tom Crib's Mem. 28 Delicate fams which have merely Been handling the sceptre. 1828P. Egan Finish to Life in London xiv. (1871) 309 To Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., I resign my fam-snatchers—i.e. my gloves.
▪ II. fam, v.|fæm|
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To feel or handle.
1812in J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. |