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front
noun- a person’s public appearance; stylish clothing US, 1899
- A European charm of manner and a slight Scandinavian accent completed his front. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 43, 1953
- Joe, you have a short, some fronts, and a fine ticker too. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 91, 1964
- I layed off for another four months, but I was able to keep up a front by doing weekends in “Jersey” and “Connecticut”. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 61, 1967
- Everybody in both worlds kissed your ass black and blue if you had flash and front. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 118, 1969
- Despite his four years in The Life, Mojo has not yet been able to get his “front” together[.] — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 146, 1972
- The whole thing happened because we both were consumed by the desire to get a top-notch front that would cause us to be two of the youngest major-league mack men in the city of Detroit. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 59, 1973
- the genitals; sex BAHAMAS
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 82, 1982
- the beginning US
Especially in the phrase “from the front”. - — Lawrence Lipton, The Holy Barbarians, p. 316, 1959
- a decorative tooth cap US
- The teeth caps are alternately called grills, fronts, shines, plates, or caps, and these glittering decorative pieces are the latest hip-hop culture trend making its way into the mainstream. — Boston Globe, p. C1, 31 January 2006
- a man’s suit jacket US
- Had on a cocoa front. — Michael H. Agar, The Journal of American Folklore, p. 177, April 1971
▶ at the front
used of a drug that is taken before another UK- — Home Office, Glossary of Terms and Slang Common in Penal Establishments, July 1978
▶ break your front
to deviate from a projected image of yourself US- Nothing ever tempted him to break his front. Nothing riled him[.] — Alix Shulman, On the Stroll, p. 159, 1981
▶ more front than Selfridges/Harrods/Buckingham Palace/Albert Hall/Brighton/Brighton beach/Woolworths/Myers
audaciousness; impudence UK
Puns “front” (cheek) with the exceptional frontage of Selfridges, a very large department store in Oxford Street; Harrods is another impressive London shop; Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official London residence; the Albert Hall is a major concert venue; and Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast–“front” in this instance abbreviated from “seafront”. In Australia, Myers is a large department store in Melbourne.- Does she take me for a mug or what? She’s got more front than Selfridges — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 65, 1958
- [Parking] slap under a no-parking sign ... more front than Buckingham Palace. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 23, 1962
- I shouldn’t speak ill of the living but he’s a cheeky bugger–always has been–more front on him than Myers — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 165, 1978
- Terry steered Justin away from the shop. “You’ve got more front than the Albert Hall,” he told him. — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 4, 1984
- [W]e both had as much front as Woolworths. — Mark Pass, Marc Bolan, The Sharper Word, p. 43, 1992
▶ out front
owing someone who has extended goods to you for payment later US- People be telling him nobody be staying out front for too long. — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 44, 1989
▶ the front
the main road or street within the area of a Teddy Boy gang’s influence UK- — The Observer, 1 March 1959
▶ up front
in advance US, 1970- “I want the five up front,” Joe Loop said, “or Nick can do the guy himself.” — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 127, 1999
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