Fawce is a British dialect or archaic slang term meaning cunning, sly, or crafty — describing someone who is devious in a calculating, self-interested way rather than openly aggressive. It carries a negative moral connotation, suggesting someone who manipulates situations to their advantage through deception. The word is rare in modern usage and would likely be unfamiliar to most contemporary British speakers, though it may survive in some regional dialects or historical texts.
Nobody trusted him in a negotiation — everyone knew he was too fawce to take at his word.
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(British, slang) cunning, sly.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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