(UK, dialectal) A despicable fellow.
(UK, dialectal) A despicable fellow.
The astonish'd tailorswearing he was better stuff Than sick a fouter.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(rare, vulgar, slang) An ugly person.
(dialectal) One who ambles along slowly.
(UK, Australia, slang) A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
Rare and fairly blunt vulgar slang for a person considered physically unattractive — the kind of harsh, dismissive word that exists mostly in low-brow insult vocabulary. It's not widely used and carries the same meanness as similar appearance-based put-downs. You're more likely to come across it in a vintage comedy script or an old-school insult list than in actual everyday conversation.
(obsolete, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
The astonish'd tailorswearing he was better stuff Than sick a fouter.