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fopper
† ˈfopper Obs. [? f. fop v. + -er1; cf. Ger. fopper, hoaxer, quizzer.] 1. = fop n. 1.1598 Florio, Tentennone..a fopper, a fool. 2. ? A hoaxer, a buffoon.1659 Torriano, Fiappatore, a flapper, a fopper. 1719 D'Urfey Pills V. 349 Kept Foppers..Pit-Plyers be still. So ˈfopperishness, foolishness; † ˈfop...
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Helga Zeckra ... Detta
Ursula van der Wielen ... Dora
Christina von Falz-Fein ... Baroness
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fopster
† ˈfopster Obs. [? alteration of fopper: see -ster.] App. a fool, simpleton. (Halliwell has ‘fopster, a cutpurse’ with reference to Dekker; prob. a misreading of foyster, foister.)1607 W. S. Puritan i. iv, Why, do but try the fopster, and break it to him bluntly.
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fob
▪ I. fob, n.1 (fɒb) [Of obscure origin. Cf. fob v.1 Can it be a corruption of OF. forbe (mod. fourbe) masc. rogue, fem. cunning trick? But this suggestion does not explain the apparent connexion of fob n. and v. with fop n. and v., and Ger. foppen.] † 1. A cheat, impostor. Obs. rare—1. The associati...
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