Fades (n.): bruised, sub-standard fruit sold cheaply. ‘A pennorth a fades’ (Shaw 1957a: 2). ‘Fades. Damaged, therefore cheap, apples’ (Shaw et al. 1966: 39). ‘See if he's got any fades left (old or bruised fruit)’ (Sinclair 1999 [1930s–e.40s]: 44). ‘We could now look for “fades” (damaged fruit which had been thrown in the tip)’ (Elliott 2006 [1940s–70s]: 36). ‘The “fades” went down to join the Togee, the locusts and the treacle’ (Callaghan 2011 [1910s–30s]: 27). *NR; presumably from ‘faded’ quality.

Fag out (v.): to field (cricket). ‘Street cricket with a lamp-post for a wicket, both sides “fagging out” at the same time’ (Shaw 1966c: 4). ‘Faggers out. Cricket fielders. Liverpool’ (Howarth 1985: n.p.). Recorded from l.19c.; an extension of e.19c. public school ‘to fag’, ‘to perform services for another’.

Faggots (n.): see savoury ducks.

Fallies (n.): bananas. ‘Fallies: bananas’ (Lane 1966: 35). *NR; derivation unknown.

Fally (n.): type of beer. ‘A popular drink is fally’ (Shaw 1959a: 37). ‘A pinta Fally's. A pint of Falstaff ale’ (Shaw et al. 1966: 68). *NR; an abbreviation of ‘Falstaff ale’, brewed by Walker's of Warrington.

Falsies/falsie (n.): anything false (breasts, teeth, eye). ‘Those knockers aren't real. They can't be. They're falsies’ (Bleasdale 1975: 204). ‘They gave her a falsie, y'know, like a glass one?’ (Griffiths 2003: 111). Recorded from m.20c.; an Americanism; derivation is clear.

Fancy Dan (n.): dressy, fussy person; showy, pretentious. ‘Fancy Dan: A dressy person; a sartorial show-off’ (Lane 1966: 35). ‘Ere's Fancy Dan Here is a dapperly-dressed man’ (Spiegl 2000b: 76–7). Recorded from m.20c.; an Americanism; Dan is probably an abbreviation of l.18c. ‘dandy’, ‘person excessively concerned with dress’.