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Fanny Adams|ˈfænɪ ˈædəmz|
[The name of a young woman who was murdered c 1867.]
1. Naut. slang.
a. Tinned meat.
b. Stew.
1889Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang, Fanny Adams (naval), tinned mutton. 1927Blackw. Mag. Feb. 259/2 ‘Fanny Adams’ (or preserved mutton) brought from the ship. 1962W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 46/1 Fanny Adams, general nautical slang for stew or hash.
2. slang. Freq. prec. by sweet: nothing at all. Cf. F.A. (F III. 3).
Sometimes interpreted as a euphemism for ‘sweet fuck all’ in the same sense.
1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 F.A., ‘Fanny Adams’, or ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’—nothing; vacuity. 1930Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang 1914–18 123 F.A. Sometimes lengthened into Sweet F.A. or bowdlerized into Sweet Fanny Adams. Used to mean ‘nothing’ where something was expected. 1949J. R. Cole It was so Late 61 What do they do? Sweet Fanny Adams! |