Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) breeches, trousers.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Farting-crackers c. Breeches.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1999		Roger’s Profanisaurus 3 in Viz 98 Oct. 13: farting crackers n. Trousers ‘When invited to a Black Tie function, the correct mode of attire for gentlemen would be – white dress shirt and collar, cummerbund, black shoes, black dinner jacket and corresponding farting crackers’, (from ‘Dubreft’s Guide to Etiquette’, by Buckridge Pottinger).
2019		P. Baker Fabulosa 292/1: farting crackers trousers.

a fig. part of the body, which can be damaged by some form of excess, usu. laughter, e.g. If you don’t stop that, I’ll bust my farting strings!

1910		‘Word-List From West Brattleboro’ in DN III:vi 454: puckering-string, n. To ‘break one’s puckering string’ means to lose control of one’s self and burst into hysterical giggling.
1922		Joyce Ulysses 302: Couldn’t loosen her farting strings but old cod’s eye was waltzing around her showing her how to do it.
1997		Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: farting strings n. An imagined part of the body which can be damaged by over exertion through laughter. e.g ‘Hey! Stop it will ya, before I bust me farting strings’.
2006		posting at www.boardgamegeek.com 12 Apr. 🌐 A.A. Milne must have snapped his farting strings laughing at all these kids reading about the exploits of Pooh.

(Anglo-Irish) a light two-wheeled vehicle carrying four people, seated two on each side, back to back.

1890–1904

Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.