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flash man
Definition
Historical slang for a bouncer in a bar or brothel, based on flash, a general purpose description used for the criminal underworld. Defined by Captain Francis Grose in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully.'
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flapping takkie
flaps
Flare
FLARES
FLARPL
flash
flash and buick
flash crib
flash drag
flash forward
flash girl
flash groove
flash house
flash in the pan
flash in the pants
flash ken
flash of light
flash panny
flash piece
Flash Satay
flash tail
flash the hash
flash the meat
flash woman
flashback
flasher
flashing her charms
Flashlight
FLAT
flat as a board
flat as a pancake
flaps
Flare
FLARES
FLARPL
flash
flash and buick
flash crib
flash drag
flash forward
flash girl
flash groove
flash house
flash in the pan
flash in the pants
flash ken
flash man
flash mobflash of light
flash panny
flash piece
Flash Satay
flash tail
flash the hash
flash the meat
flash woman
flashback
flasher
flashing her charms
Flashlight
FLAT
flat as a board
flat as a pancake