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(noun) - (1) The jargon used by thieves, tramps, etc. "Frenchman" was formerly a synonym for a foreigner.
--Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
(2) Frenchman, any man of any country who cannot speak English, as anyone who does not understand East Anglian is a shireman.
--Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830
January 14, 2018