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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.
- 24 August 1867
- Victim of a notorious murder
- Stabbing
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“.
- LP
- RCA Records
- April 1974
23. Nov. 2023 · Frederick Baker. '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.
“Fanny Adams (naval), tinned mutton.” It wasn’t until later that ‘sweet Fanny Adams’ came to mean ‘nothing’. The term ‘f*** all’ has long been with us with that meaning, although how long isn’t clear as politeness caused it not to be recorded in print until the 20th century.
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.
- Lauren Dillon
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.
11. Feb. 2022 · 69K. 2.6M views 2 years ago. The murder of Fanny Adams in 1867 was a shocking event, not just in her sleepy town of Alton, but throughout the United Kingdom and beyond. Little could anyone back...
