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form
noun- a criminal record UK
- [I]n the course of chewing the fat we told each other all about our form. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 148, 1956
- You can get at least a five and maybe even a neves for getting captured with a shooter especially if you’ve got a bit of form with you. — Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, 1958
- — Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, 1970
- “Has he got form?” “Any former?” — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 53, 1996
- He’s got form for mugging an old granny outside her own home[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 43, 1997
- a person’s character or true nature AUSTRALIA, 1944
- It’s no use trying to keep up that haughty air any longer with us. We’ve got her form now, all right. — Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, p. 81, 1961
- the situation, organisation or position UK, 1948
- Excuse our embarrassing naivety, but what’s the form? — The Guardian, 13 August 2003
- women viewed as sexual prospects US, 1953
- He turned to Guido, an expert on the local form. “Guido, who’s that girl in the black and white dress with,” he almost gulped, “those fantastic legs?” — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 13, 1988
- high spirits UK, 1877
Generally used with “in” as, for instance, “he’s in form tonight”. - luck AUSTRALIA
From “form” as “a record of a racehorse’s past performance”. - This same bird started pumpin’ Toggle and me about getting something on the cheap. How’d you like their rotten form, eh? — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 77, 1962
- “What’s the chance of picking up a cab this time of day?” “Knowing my form, not so hot.” — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 36, 1965
- How’s his flamin’ form! — Ray Slattery, Mobbs’ Mob, p. 121, 1966
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