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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

France n.

[the orig. use, France!, is as an oath, and refers to the horrors of WWI, when many West Indians fought and died in the trenches of Flanders. Thereafter, the uses can all be paralleled by fuck and/or hell, and usu. in phr. below. These uses may also have some background in the Du. Loop naar de Franschen, run to the French, i.e. go to the devil]

(W.I.) a euph. for fuck n. or hell.

In phrases

catch France (v.)

(W.I.) to find it hard to make enough money to live.

1996

Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage.

give France (v.) (W.I.)

1. to quarrel very bitterly.

1996

Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage.

2. to cause a good deal of trouble for someone.

1996

Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage.

go to France (v.)

(US black) to receive oral sex.

1925

Trixie Smith ‘He Likes It Slow’ 🎵 Lord he likes it slow when he goes to dance, / He likes it slow when he goes to France.

put France on (v.)

(W.I.) to scold severely, to give a tongue-lashing.

1996

Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage.

In exclamations

go to France!

(W.I.) a general excl. of dismissal; a euph. for go to hell! under hell n.

1996

Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage.