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Fagin   /fˈeɪgɪn/   Listen
Fagin

noun
1.
A villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens.





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"Fagin" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bell is associated with many of the villains of the novels. Fagin hears it when under sentence of death. Blackpool and Carker hear the accusing bells when in the midst of ...
— Charles Dickens and Music • James T. Lightwood
... Virtue and Truth, And the sweet little innocent prattle of Youth! The smallest urchin whose tongue could tang, Shocked the Dame with a volley of slang, Fit for Fagin's juvenile gang; While the charity chap, With his muffin cap, His crimson coat, and his badge so garish, Playing at dumps, or pitch in the hole, Cursed his eyes, limbs, body and soul, As if they did not belong ...
— Playful Poems • Henry Morley


Words linked to "Fagin" :   fictional character, fictitious character, character


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