Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Fly the garter
subs. phr. (schoolboys’).—Leap-frog.
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1863. G. A. SALA, Breakfast in Bed, Essay VIII., p. 187 (1864). He has very probably been playing FLY-THE-GARTER in the gutter instead of waiting his turn at the office.
