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单词 foister
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foistern.

/ˈfɔɪstə/
Etymology: < foist v.1 + -er suffix1.
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).

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ˈfoister
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.
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n.c1555
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