fack

plural facks · alternative obsolete fec

1. UKdialectalOne of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.

present singular third person facks · participle present facking · participle past facked · past facked

1. CockneyUKpronunciation spellingvulgarPronunciation spelling of fuck.

plural facks

1. IrelandA long-handed spade, especially used for turf.

   Preparation, burning, facks and mattocks.

   1778, John Wynn Baker, The Reclaiming and Cultivation of a Bog in the County of Kildare, Dublin: S. Powell, page 8

   2 more examples

   Tom, in his hurry, had nivir minded the bringin' a fack wid him, so he thought to run home and fetch one, an' that he might know the place agin, he tuk aff one o' his red garthers, and tied it round the bolyawn.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 375

   [B]een diggin' into the granite haart of my counthry wud a fack or spade, and a pickaxe, or maybe a plow or a scuffle whin a neighbour'd lind thim, and my loved counthry gev me back - what you're lookin' at this minit.

   1940, Edwin Sarsfield, The Black Fox Walks, Little and Brown, page 173