Fogle
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pocket handkerchief. obsolete
"1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford, 2009, Gutenberg eBook #7735, One, gentlemen, I myself expelled from our corps for ungentlemanlike practices; he picked pockets of fogles, (handkerchiefs)--it was a vulgar employment."
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford, 2009, Gutenberg eBook #7735, One, gentlemen, I myself expelled from our corps for ungentlemanlike practices; he picked pockets of fogles, (handkerchiefs)--it was a vulgar employment."
Etymology
Unclear. German Vogel (“bird”) has been suggested, the connection being bird's-eye, a fabric from which such handkerchiefs were made. Hotten (see References) suggests a connection with the Italian slang foglia (“pocket, purse”) or French argot fouille (“pocket”).
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