ff
A corrupt way of making a capital f in Old English, and
used as low down as 1750; as ffrance for France, ffarrington for
Farrington, etc.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on ff from Fact Monster:
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