What is Fawney?
1.
from the Gaelic for ring fainne
Fawney Co Derry
where the is a ringfort
2.
Slang for a ring. Derived from the feudal ritual in which supplicants and inferiors would kiss a lord's ring when 'fawning' or 'kissing up' to him.
"That's a
flash fawney, Jimmy. It would be a shame ef I had tae break the finger af to get it. Now 'and it over like a good chap and ye'll come to no 'arm."
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Noun. A code, used largely amongst drunk males, chiefly in the presence of females, or in the presence of people who would deem its mea..
