Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A pocket-handkerchief.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A pocket handkerchief
Examples
“Came behind with the "fogle" that caused all this breeze,”
“Doodles, therefore, wore a cut-away coat, a colored shirt with a fogle round his neck, old brown trowsers that fitted very tightly round his legs, and was careful to take no gloves with him.”
“Not only have the top-boots and breeches vanished from the costume of innkeepers, but also the long, parti-coloured waistcoat, and the birds'-eye fogle round their necks.”
“The most respectable men in London were present at the feast; there were nine cracksmen, five highwaymen, twelve pickpockets, two murderers, three gentlemen who had escaped from transportation, and a smart sprinkling of small workmen, in the way of _fogle hunters_, (handkerchief thieves,) and _body snatchers_,”
“Yes, he had lost his fogle, or else some rascally comrade had sneaked it.”
“Bittoon; and there was Fightin 'Yussef, who would sell' is mother for a seven-shillin'-bit; the third was Chris McCarthy, who is a fogle-snatcher by trade, with a pitch outside the 'Aymarket Theatre.”
“The horn eye-glass was exchanged for one of purest gold, the dingy high-lows for well-waxed Wellingtons, the Paisley fogle for the fabric of the China loom.”
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
“Modak is Modako; but fogle - foggle is not fugle-fi.”
“Doodles, therefore, wore a cut-away coat, a colored shirt with a fogle round his neck, old brown trousers that fitted very tightly round his legs, and was careful to take no gloves with him.”
“Not only have the top-boots and breeches vanished from the costume of innkeepers, but also the long, particoloured waistcoat, and the birds'-eye fogle round their necks.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fogle’.
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Handkerchiefs, etc.
handkerchief, kerchief, veronica, sudary, sudarium, hankie, keverchief, neckcloth, neckerchief, maniple, orarium, bandana and 41 more...
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Patchwork
Square or rectangular pieces of fabric of various uses.
swatch, handkerchief, neckerchief, bandana, fogle, napkin, scarf, kaffiyeh, serviette, washcloth, placemat, mola and 16 more...
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boggled
legal according to the dicker we use
shaw, taw, nowt, tew, frit, scow, trow, dow, roan, stipe, shew, woad and 31 more...
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jinglebelljosie silk handkerchief. a "fogle-hunter" was a slang term for pick-pocket Nov 8, 2008