BOURRIQUE, _f._ (popular), tourner en ----, _to become stupid, or crazy_. Faire tourner quelqu’un en ----, _to make one crazy by dint of badgering or angering_. Cet enfant est toujours à me tourmenter, il me fera tourner en ----, _this naughty child will drive me mad_. (Thieves’) Bourrique, _informer_, “nark;” also _police officer_. BOURRIQUE À ROBESPIERRE (popular), comme la ----, corresponds to the simile _like blazes_. Saoul comme la ----, _awfully drunk_. BOURSER (popular), se ----, _to go to bed_, _to get into the_ “doss.” BOURSICOTER (familiar), _to speculate in a small way on the stocks_. BOURSICOTEUR, _f._, BOURSICOTIER, _m._ (familiar), _speculator in a small way_. BOURSICOTIÉRISME, _m._ (familiar), _occupation of those who speculate on ’Change_. BOURSILLONNER (popular), _to_ “club” _for expenses by each contributing a small sum_. BOUSCAILLE, _f._ (thieves’), _mud_. BOUSCAILLEUR, _street-sweeper_, _scavenger_. BOUSE, _f._ (popular), de vache, _spinach_. BOUSILLER (popular), _to work rapidly but carelessly and clumsily_. BOUSILLEUR (popular), _careless_, _clumsy workman_. BOUSILLEUSE (popular), _woman who is careless of her belongings_, _who is the reverse of thrifty_. BOUSIN, _m._ (popular), _uproar_, _disturbance_, _row_, “shindy,” _drinking-shop_, “lush-crib;” _house of ill-fame_, “flash drum.” BOUSINEUR (popular), _an adept at creating a disturbance_. BOUSINGOT, _m._ (popular) _wine-shop_, “lush-crib;” _Republican or literary Bohemian in the earlier years of Louis Philippe_. BOUSSOLE, _f._ (familiar), _head_, _brains_. Perdre la ----, _to lose one’s head_, “to be at sea;” _to become mad_. (Popular) Boussole de refroidi, or de singe, _a Dutch cheese_. BOUSTIFAILLE, _f._ (familiar), _provisions_, _food_, “grub.” BOUSTIFAILLER, _to eat plentifully_. BOUT, _m._ (tailors’), flanquer son ----, _to dismiss from one’s employment_. (Military) Bout de cigare, _short man_; (popular) ---- de cul, _short person_, or “forty foot;” ---- d’homme, de femme, _undersized person_, or “hop o’ my thumb;” ---- coupé, _kind of cheap cigar with a clipped end_. BOUTANCHE, _f._ (thieves’), _shop_, “chovey.” Courtaud de ----, _shopman_, a “knight of the yard.” BOUTEILLE, _f._ (popular), _nose_, “boko.” Avoir un coup de ----, _to be tipsy_. C’est la ---- à l’encre _is said of any mysterious, incomprehensible affair_. (Printers’) Une ---- à encre, _a printing establishment, thus called on account of the difficulty of drawing up accurate accounts of authors’ corrections_. BOUTERNE, _f._ (popular), _glazed case containing jewels exhibited as prizes for the winners at a game of dice_. The game is played at fairs with eight dice, loaded of course. BOUTERNIER, _m._, BOUTERNIÈRE, _f._, _proprietor of a_ bouterne (which see).