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1893 text

Foy. A feast given by one who is about to leave a place. In Kent, according to Grose, a treat to friends, either at going abroad or coming home. See Diary, November 25th, 1661.

This text was written as a footnote in the 1893 Wheatley transcription of the diary, the same one that is used for the diary entries on this site.

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  • N Wim van der Meij on Fri 26 Nov 2004, 11:50am

    Warrington got it from Halliwell’s Dictionary and calls it a merrymaking given at someone’s parting

  • N language hat on Sat 3 Jun 2006, 01:03am

    The OED says it’s from Dutch fooi (earlier foye, voye), probably from French voie ‘way, journey.’

  • N dirk on Sat 3 Jun 2006, 03:11am

    The Dutch Etymological Dictionary confirms this etymology, adding a further link to Latin “via”. “Fooi” in Dutch originally meant “farewell present”. The present meaning is “tip”.

  • N in Aqua Scripto on Sat 3 Jun 2006, 03:50am

    LH, my little old Webster’s D concurs, adding Via, Latin for way or road [out of ‘ere] used by the Scots to celebrate the end of harvest.

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References in the diary

1660
Mar: 20
1663
Jun: 2