| 单词 | faw gang |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFaw gang Faw gang n. chiefly depreciative a group of Gypsies, Travellers, or other people with an itinerant way of life; esp. such a group characterized as beggars or criminals. ΚΠ 1777 Laws respecting Women 106 It is possible, that from this kind of strolling people might receive the denomination which they still retain of Faw-gang. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Faw-gang..a gang of rogues and beggars. 2004 M. Anderson Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & around Newcastle (e-book ed.) iv The prisoners were both members of a Faw gang (wandering groups that roamed the country begging and stealing). < as lemmas |
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