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Known for. Victim of a notorious murder. Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl, who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her murder was extraordinarily brutal and caused a national outcry in the United Kingdom.
Sweet Fanny Adams. Sweet Fanny Adams ist ein 1974er Album der Glam-Rock -Gruppe The Sweet . Im englischen Slang bezieht sich der Ausdruck „Sweet Fanny Adams“ auf den englischen Kindermörder Frederick Baker, der 1867 die achtjährige Fanny Adams umbrachte, und bedeutet ungefähr „Absolut nichts“.
23. Nov. 2023 · 'Sweet Fanny Adams' is used by the British to describe anything worthless. It is also the name of a beautiful young child who was brutally murdered in Victorian England. This is the story of Fanny Adams' death and how her name became a slang term.
Everyone living in England at the time would have known the name of ‘sweet’ Fanny Adams. With typical grisly humour, sailors in the British Royal Navy came to use the expression to refer to unpleasant meat rations they were often served – likening them to the dead girl’s remains.
23. Okt. 2023 · In 1869, canned mutton was given to the British Navy as a ration. The meat was disgusting, and the men joked that it wasn’t mutton; it was the remains of a little girl named Fanny Adams, who had been murdered several years prior. Somehow, Fanny Adams became slang for subpar-quality canned meat.
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14. Okt. 2015 · The phrase ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’ came into popular usage in Victorian England to mean nothing or very little, but was there a real Fanny Adams? The answer is yes, and her story is anything but sweet.
The murderer was convicted and sentenced to death, whereby his execution, one of the last public hangings in front of the County Jail in Winchester, was attended by over 5,000 people. Fanny’s story captured the hearts of the nation, and for many years, her tragic tale has been used as a warning to children to stay away from strangers.
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