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  • frick
    frick
    noun
    a euphemism for the word fuck.
  • Frick
    Frick
    noun
    Henry Clay, 1849–1919, U.S. industrialist, art patron, and philanthropist.

frick

1 American  
[frik] / frɪk /

noun

Informal.
fricked, fricking

  1. a euphemism for the word fuck.

Frick 2 American  
[frik] / frɪk /

noun

  1. Henry Clay, 1849–1919, U.S. industrialist, art patron, and philanthropist.

Etymology

Origin of frick

First recorded in 1975–80; euphemism perhaps modeled on frig 1 ( def. ); see fricking ( def. )

Example Sentences

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He wur born on t'lane moor, where t'air is frick and strong.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various

He wur born in t' lane moor, where t' air is frick and strong.

From Life in the Iron-Mills; or, the Korl Woman by Davis, Rebecca Harding

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