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English
Noun
blackfriars
- plural of blackfriar
Interjection
blackfriars
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
Synonyms
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “blackfriars”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 127.
- John S Farmer, compiler (1890) “blackfriars”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 212.