fawneyn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːni/, U.S.

/ˈfɔni/,

/ˈfɑni/

Etymology: < Irish fáin(n)e ring.

slang.

1. A finger-ring.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun]

ringOE

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gem1725

fawney1819

groin1931

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 173 Fawney, a finger-ring.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 345 Fogles and fawnies soon went their way.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 423/2 He wears a stunning fawny..on his finger.

a. = fawney-rig n. to go on the fawney: to practise the fawney-rig.

ΚΠ

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 167 There is a large shop in London where these kind of rings are sold, for the purpose of going on the Fawney.

1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 174 Fawny, an old, stale trick, called ring-dropping.

b. One who practises the fawney-rig.

ΚΠ

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 167 The Fawney says, ‘I dare say some poor woman [etc.]’.

Compounds

fawney-dropper, fawney-dropping; fawney-bouncing n. selling rings for a pretended wager. fawney-bouncer n. fawney-rig n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 166 The Fawney rig.

1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Fawney rig, a common fraud thus practised:—a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposes of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 351/2 I do a little in the Fawney dropping line.

1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 39 Fawney droppers gammon the flats and take the yokels in.

Derivatives

ˈfawneyed adj. [-ed suffix²] ringed.

ΚΠ

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 173 Fawnied or fawney-fam'd, having one or more rings on the finger.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 346 My fawnied famms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fawney
释义	fawneyn. Brit. /ˈfɔːni/, U.S. /ˈfɔni/, /ˈfɑni/ Etymology: < Irish fáin(n)e ring. slang. 1. A finger-ring. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] ringOE beec1300 bague1477 hoop1507 woup1511 famble-cheat1567 famble1688 gem1725 fawney1819 groin1931 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 173 Fawney, a finger-ring. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 345 Fogles and fawnies soon went their way. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 423/2 He wears a stunning fawny..on his finger. 2. a. = fawney-rig n. to go on the fawney: to practise the fawney-rig. ΚΠ 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 167 There is a large shop in London where these kind of rings are sold, for the purpose of going on the Fawney. 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 174 Fawny, an old, stale trick, called ring-dropping. b. One who practises the fawney-rig. ΚΠ 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 167 The Fawney says, ‘I dare say some poor woman [etc.]’. Compounds fawney-dropper, fawney-dropping; fawney-bouncing n. selling rings for a pretended wager. fawney-bouncer n. fawney-rig n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 166 The Fawney rig. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Fawney rig, a common fraud thus practised:—a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposes of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 351/2 I do a little in the Fawney dropping line. 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 39 Fawney droppers gammon the flats and take the yokels in. Derivatives ˈfawneyed adj. [-ed suffix²] ringed. ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 173 Fawnied or fawney-fam'd, having one or more rings on the finger. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 346 My fawnied famms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1781
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