blackfriars

See also: black friars and Blackfriars

English

Noun

blackfriars

plural of blackfriar

Interjection

blackfriars

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware

Synonyms

cave, look out, watch it, or see Thesaurus:heads up

References

Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “blackfriars”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 127.
John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “blackfriars”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 212.

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