Green’s Dictionary of Slang

take a fright n.

[rhy. sl.]

the night.

[UK]Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
[UK]Sl. Dict.
[UK]Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
[UK]R. Walton ‘Cockney Jack’ 🌐 That take a fright, when Jack came home from work, he kissed his struggle and strife and handed her a bouquet of April showers.