fanning n.
1. a beating, a thrashing.
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Sl. Dict. | ||
Life In Sing Sing 248: Fanning. spanking. | ||
Tropic of Cancer (1963) 265: A cop came along and [...] gave us such a sound fanning that we were up and on our feet in a jiffy. | ||
Amboy Dukes 108: Shut up [...] or you’ll get a fanning. |
2. (US Und.) a pickpocket’s preliminary running of their hands over a victim to find a wallet or bankroll.
Life In Sing Sing 248: Fanning. Locating purse. | ||
Keys to Crookdom 404: Fanning. Locating a purse. | ||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
3. a search of a person, usu. for weapons.
AS VI:6 438: fanning, n. A search, or frisk, by the police or prison guards. | ‘Convicts’ Jargon’ in||
Runyon on Broadway (1954) 509: Big False Face gives The Humming Bird a quick fanning. | ‘The Brakeman’s Daughter’ in