FLIMP, to hustle, or rob.
FLIMSIES, bank notes.
FLIMSY, the thin prepared copying paper used by newspaper reporters
and “penny-a-liners” for making several copies at once, thus enabling
them to supply different papers with the same article without loss of
time.—_Printers’ term._
FLINT, an operative who works for a “society” master, _i.e._, for full
wages.
FLIP, corruption of FILLIP, a light blow.
FLIP-FLAPS, a peculiar rollicking dance indulged in by costermongers
when merry or excited—better described, perhaps, as the DOUBLE SHUFFLE,
danced with an air of extreme _abandon_.
FLIPPER, the hand; “give us your FLIPPER,” give me your hand.—_Sea._
Metaphor taken from the flipper or paddle of a turtle.
FLOG, to whip. Cited both by _Grose_ and the author of _Bacchus and
Venus_ as a cant word. It would be curious to ascertain the earliest
use; _Richardson_ cites Lord Chesterfield.—_Latin._