Brewer's: Fub

To steal, to prig. (French, fourbi, “a Jew who conceals a trap;” fourber, “to cheat;” four, “a false pocket for concealing stolen goods.”)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Fuchs
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