flash-mann.

Brit.

/ˈflaʃm(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈflæʃmən/

Forms: (Also as two words.)

Etymology: flash adj.³

a. One who is ‘flash’ or knowing; a companion of thieves; a bully, a ‘fancy-man’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > companion of thieves

flash-man1789

schoolman1834

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp

putourc1390

panderc1450

mitchera1500

apple-squire?1536

squire of dames or ladies1590

apron-squire1593

bed-broker1594

pimp1600

pippin squire1600

petticoat-monger1605

smockster1608

underputter1608

broker-between1609

squire of the placket1611

squire1612

fleshmongera1616

cock bawd1632

whiskin1632

pimp-whiskin1638

bully1675

foot pimp1690

mutton-broker1694

pimp whisk1707

flash-man1789

panderer1826

bludger1856

whoremaster1864

mack1894

lover1904

jelly bean1905

procureur1910

P.I.1928

sweetback1929

sweet man1942

nookie-bookie1943

papasan1970

1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 141 A flash-man, is a fellow that lives upon the hackneyed prostitution of an unfortunate woman of the town.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 208 A large mob..vowing vengeance on us for our treatment of their flash man.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn v ‘You're playing a dangerous game, my flash man.’

b. A sporting man; a patron of the ‘ring’; a ‘swell’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker

commission agent1798

flash-man1812

bookmaker1833

commissioner1851

ring man1857

metallician1861

street bookmaker1867

bookie1877

book1881

knight of the pencil1885

handbook man1894

street bookie1911

turf accountant1915

listman1922

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 21 The display of flash~men, from the Peer on the coach-box, to the most gentlemanly-looking pick-pocket, was very complete.

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 55 Shouts and yells From Trojan Flash~men and Sicilian Swells Fill'd the wide heav'n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flash-man
释义	flash-mann. Brit. /ˈflaʃm(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈflæʃmən/ Forms: (Also as two words.) Etymology: flash adj.³ a. One who is ‘flash’ or knowing; a companion of thieves; a bully, a ‘fancy-man’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > companion of thieves flash-man1789 schoolman1834 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp putourc1390 panderc1450 mitchera1500 apple-squire?1536 squire of dames or ladies1590 apron-squire1593 bed-broker1594 pimp1600 pippin squire1600 petticoat-monger1605 smockster1608 underputter1608 broker-between1609 squire of the placket1611 squire1612 fleshmongera1616 cock bawd1632 whiskin1632 pimp-whiskin1638 bully1675 foot pimp1690 mutton-broker1694 pimp whisk1707 flash-man1789 panderer1826 bludger1856 whoremaster1864 mack1894 lover1904 jelly bean1905 procureur1910 P.I.1928 sweetback1929 sweet man1942 nookie-bookie1943 papasan1970 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 141 A flash-man, is a fellow that lives upon the hackneyed prostitution of an unfortunate woman of the town. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 208 A large mob..vowing vengeance on us for our treatment of their flash man. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn v ‘You're playing a dangerous game, my flash man.’ b. A sporting man; a patron of the ‘ring’; a ‘swell’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker commission agent1798 flash-man1812 bookmaker1833 commissioner1851 ring man1857 metallician1861 street bookmaker1867 bookie1877 book1881 knight of the pencil1885 handbook man1894 street bookie1911 turf accountant1915 listman1922 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 21 The display of flash~men, from the Peer on the coach-box, to the most gentlemanly-looking pick-pocket, was very complete. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 55 Shouts and yells From Trojan Flash~men and Sicilian Swells Fill'd the wide heav'n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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