单词 | foister |
释义 | † foistern. Obsolete. One who foists, in senses of the verb. a. One who ‘foists’ dice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player > cheat colec1555 foisterc1555 cogger1576 palmer1671 topper1671 tat-monger1688 tatsman1825 dice-man1871 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Civ R. But what shift haue they to bring the flat in & out? M. A ioly fine shifte yt properly is called foysting, & it is..a sleight to cary easely within the hand, as often as the foister list. So yt when either he or his partener shall cast ye dice, the flat comes not abrod, til he haue made a great hande, and won as much as him list. b. One who interpolates spurious words or passages, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > interpolator of spurious words or passages foister1566 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. 36 A Forger, a Foyster or a Cogger. c. A cheat, sharper. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 10 Some craftie foister and jugling deceiver. d. A pickpocket. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket fig-boyc1555 foister1585 foist1591 pickpocket1591 bung1600 diver1608 pocket-picker1622 pocketeerc1626 bung-nipper1659 file1673 filer1674 shark1707 hoister1708 knuckle1781 knuckler1801 buzzgloak1819 cly-faker1819 fingersmith1819 knuck1819 fogle hunter1821 buzzman1832 nobbler1839 wire1851 gonoph1853 wirer1857 dip1859 moll-tooler1859 buzzer1862 hook1863 snotter1864 tool1865 pocket-cutter1885 dipper1889 pogue-hunter1896 pick1902 finger1925 whizz1925 whizzer1925 prat diggera1931 whizz-boy1931 whizz-man1932 reefer1935 1585 W. Fleetwood in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 298 A publique ffoyster..Nota that a ffoister is a Pick-pockett. 1823 Leigh's New Picture London (new ed.) 104 His proficiency was rewarded by styling him a nypper and a foyster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasˈfoister ˈfoister n. one who foists. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] > person > silently or quietly fizzler1582 foister1677 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. *Ppppivv/3 Vesseur, a foister, or a fizzler. < n.c1555 as lemmas |
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