blackfriars
See also: black friars and Blackfriars
English
Noun
blackfriars
- plural of blackfriar
Interjection
blackfriars
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
Synonyms
- cave, look out, watch it, or see Thesaurus:heads up
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “blackfriars”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 127.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “blackfriars”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 212.