Green’s Dictionary of Slang

mark foy n.

[rhy. sl.; the name of late 19C London firm of carters or f. a well-known Sydney department store]
(Aus.)

1. a young(er) sexual partner.

[Aus]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.
[Aus]Sport (Adelaide) 26 July 10/2: What was the strong of it, Bertha? Did your ‘Mark Foy’ do you in?
[Aus]G. Seal Lingo 116: A boy (mark foy in rhyming slang) was a young sexual partner, often shortened to mark.

2. a boy.

[Aus]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.
[Aus]Sidney Mirror 14 Oct. in Baker (1945) 269: Blimey no Mark Foy is going to give me a dig in the grave.
[Aus](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’.
[UK]Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
[Aus]R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 36: Mark Foy Boy.
[Aus](con. 1964-65) B. Thorpe Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll 263: The Crossie boys, or ‘Mark Foys’ as they were known on the street.
[Aus]Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Mark Foy: a boy.