Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. French.

1907		Sun. Times (Perth) 31 Mar. 1/1: The amiable Frenchman and the dark Hebrew Hebe are providing plenty of prophesying for Fremantle [...] the froggy finger has now hit upon the idea of schlemozzleing to Armadale and other sylvan spots to smooge.
1918		Aussie (France) VII Sept. 7/2: ‘A bloke must be barmy to do his block on a froggie bint when there’s tarts like these in Aussie,’ said Dinkum.
1928		Age (Melbourne) 10 Nov. 23/2: ‘Snowy Brown [...] Married a Froggy sheilah in Amiens’.
1931		J.T. Farrell ‘Merry Clouters’ in Fellow Countrymen (1937) 396: Hennessey said Andy was just of froggy French descent.
1941		G. Kersh They Die with Their Boots Clean 4: Es pritty corpse, to put it in froggie lingo.
1954		K. Amis letter 27 Oct. in Leader (2000) 410: Do you think you could get the Froggy and Eyeteye advances off to me.
1959		H.E. Bates A Breath of French Air (1985) 127: I’m getting a bit tangled up with this froggy lark.
1976		H. Leonard Time Was (1981) Act II: What makes you think I’d have a Froggie name like Geste?
1999		Indep. Mag. 30 Oct. 59: I selected a jolly good Froggy chicken from Sainsbury’s.
2000		P. Howard Miseducation of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (2004) 66: He’s even got me answering him in this focking froggy accent.
2021		J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 258: ‘That froggy guy, Yves Montand’.
2023		R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 20: [A]t once effeminate, authoritative, froggy and anglo.

2. as a nickname.

1931

R.E. Howard ‘Sign of the Snake’ Action Stories June 🌐 Ladeau was having some kind of a row with a big sailor. Suddenly the sailor hauled off and hit Froggy between the eyes.