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fogle slang.|ˈfəʊg(ə)l|
A handkerchief or neckerchief, usually of silk.
1811Lexicon Balatron., Fogle, a silk handkerchief. 1834W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. v, Fogles and fawnies soon went their way. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg., Tragedy vii, The ‘fogle’ that caused all this breeze.
b. Comb., as fogle-hunter, a pick-pocket; fogle-drawing, -hunting vbl. ns., picking pockets.
1823Grose's Dict. Vulg. Tongue (ed. Egan), Fogle Hunter, a pickpocket. Cant. 1823‘Jon Bee’ Slang s.v. Fogle, ‘He's out a fogle-hunting.’ Sometimes 'tis said..‘fogle-drawing.’ 1838Dickens O. Twist xi, A young fogle-hunter. |