The Prisoner of Zenda (37 page)

flank
NOUN
flank is the side of an animal
And all her silken flanks with garlands dressed
(
Ode on a Grecian Urn
by John Keats)

flip
NOUN
a flip is a drink made from warmed ale,sugar, spice and beaten egg
The events of the day, in combination with the twins, if not with the flip, had made Mrs. Micawber hysterical, and she shed tears as she replied
(
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens)

flit
VERB
flit means to move quickly
and if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange
(
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë)

floorcloth
NOUN
a floorcloth was a hard-wearing piece of canvas used instead of carpet
This avenging phantom was ordered to be on duty at eight on Tuesday morning in the hall (it was two feet square, as charged for floorcloth)
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)

fly-driver
NOUN
a fly-driver is a carriage drawn by a single horse
The fly-drivers, among whom I inquired next, were equally jocose and equally disrespectful
(
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens)

fob
NOUN
a small pocket in which a watch is kept
“Certain,” replied the man, drawing a gold watch from his fob
(
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens)

folly
NOUN
folly means foolishness or stupidity
the folly of beginning a work
(
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe)

fond
ADJ
fond means foolish
Fond worldling
(
Doctor Faustus 5.2
by Christopher Marlowe)

fondness
NOUN
silly or foolish affection
They have no fondness for their colts or foals
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

for his fancy
PHRASE
for his fancy means for his liking or as he wanted
and as I did not obey quick enough for his fancy
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

forlorn
ADJ
lost or very upset
you are from that day forlorn
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

foster-sister
NOUN
a foster-sister was someone brought up by the same nurse or in the same household
I had been his foster-sister
(
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë)