mark foy n.
1. a young(er) sexual partner.
Sport (Adelaide) 13 July 14/3: They Say [...] That Mum caused jealousy when she left the dance with her Mark Foy. Little Bill has done his chance. | ||
Sport (Adelaide) 26 July 10/2: What was the strong of it, Bertha? Did your ‘Mark Foy’ do you in? | ||
Lingo 116: A boy (mark foy in rhyming slang) was a young sexual partner, often shortened to mark. |
2. a boy.
Smith’s Wkly (Sydney) 11 Nov. 15/1: To fellow confidence men and the police he is known as ‘the Mark Foy,’ rhyming slang for ‘the boy’; because when he first began to ‘work the tubs’ (card-sharp on passenger liners) he was remark ably youthful in appearance. | ||
Sidney Mirror 14 Oct. in (1945) 269: Blimey no Mark Foy is going to give me a dig in the grave. | ||
(con. 1920s) Truth (Brisbane) 27 July 20/7: [W]hen Coates was caught by a steward, he said. ‘Let me go. I’m- only a “mark foy”’— rhyming slang for ‘boy’. | ||
Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | ||
Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 36: Mark Foy Boy. | ||
(con. 1964-65) Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll 263: The Crossie boys, or ‘Mark Foys’ as they were known on the street. | ||
Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Mark Foy: a boy. |