1685. Life of Amb. Wood, 14 July. Came home well fuzd.
Fuzziness, subs. (old).—The condition of being in drink. Hence
blurredness; incoherence; bewilderment.
Fuzzy, adj. (common).—1. Drunk. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
Hence blurred (as a picture); tangled; incoherent or inconsequent.
1876. Hindley, Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, p. 324. Her
husband or any other man might have drunk six glasses, with no more
hurt than just making him a little fuzzy.
2. (popular).—Rough; as in a fuzzy head; a fuzzy cloth; a fuzzy bit (=
a full-grown wench); a fuzzy carpet; etc.
Fuzzy-wuzzy, subs. (military). A Soudanese tribesman.
1890. Rudyard Kipling, National Observer, 8 Mar., p. 438, col. 1.
So ’ere’s to you Fuzzy-wuzzy And your ’ome in the Soudan, You’re a
pore benighted ’eathen but a first-class fighting man; And ’ere’s
to you Fuzzy-wuzzy with your ’ay-rick ’ead of ’air, You big, black
bouncing beggar, for you bruk a British square.
Fye-buck, subs. (old).—A sixpence. For synonyms, see Bender.
1781. G. Parker, View of Society, II., 56. You give a shilling to
buy a comb, for which he gives sixpence, so works you for another
fye-buck.
1885. Household Words, 20 June, p. 155. ‘Buck’ is most likely a
corruption of fye-buck, a slang name for sixpence, which is now
almost, if not altogether, obsolete.
Fylche.—See Filch.
Fyst.—See Foist.
G
Gab, subs. (vulgar).—1. The mouth; also Gob. For synonyms, see
Potato-trap.
1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1785. Burns, Jolly Beggars. And aye he gies the touzie drab The
tither skelpin kiss, While she held up her greedy gab, Just like an
aumos dish.
1820. Scott, The Abbot, ch. xiv. ‘And now, my mates,’ said the
Abbot of Unreason, ‘once again digut your gabs and be hushed—let us
see if the Cock of Kennaguhair will fight or flee the pit.’
1890. Rare Bits, 12 Apr., p. 347. ‘Clap a stopper on your gab and
whack up, or I’ll let ’er speak!’