FART CATCHER. A valet or footman, from his walking behind his master or mistress.
- Francis Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence (1811) [full text]
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Pah! This reminds me...mine who takes “Fart Walks”. She just disappears
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