father n.
1. the owner of a common lodging house.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | DSUE (8th edn) 381/2: since ca. 1840. |
2. a receiver of stolen goods [play on uncle n. (1)].
| , | | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. |
| Sl. Dict. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Aus. Sl. Dict. 28: Father [...] a receiver of stolen property. | |
| Argus (Melbourne) 20 Sept. 6/4: A receiver of stolen property [is] a father. |
3. (US prison) the dominant lesbian of a small ‘family’ group.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Illegal Communication Among Institutionalized Female Delinquents’ in Journal of Social Psychology Aug. 157: The father is very frequently known as the ‘a stud.’ The mother frequently is known as a ‘frail’. |
4. (US drugs) a large-scale drug dealer.
| Delinquency, Crime, and Social Process 821: And I seen a chance where I can be father (big-time dope dealer). |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
the penis.
| Sl. and Its Analogues. |
the penis.
| Sl. and Its Analogues. | |
| Vocabula Amatoria (1966) 37: Bichette, f. The penis; ‘the father confessor’. |
see separate entries.
a combination of mild and stout ales.
| Belfast News-Letter 11 Apr. 6/5: The combination of old and bitter ale is ‘mother-in-law’, while stout and mild (ale) is of course ‘father-in-law’. |
see father-fucker n.
1. (US campus) an older man (but poss. still attractive).
| Edwardsville Intelligencer (IL) 14 Sept. 4/4: The Flappers’ Dictionary [...] Father Time: Any man over 30 years of age. | |
| Da Bomb 🌐 10: Father time: A man over 30. |
2. (US prison) the warden [play on time n. (1)].
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
In phrases
(Aus.) an extreme example.
| Lone Hand (Sydney) Feb. 405/2: ‘The damned old scoundrel [...] I’ll go out and give him the father of a hiding’. |