BRISAC, _m._ (popular), _careless child who tears his clothes_. BRISACQUE, _m._ (popular), _noise_; _noisy man_. BRISANT, _m._ (thieves’), _the wind_. BRISCARD or BRISQUE, _m._ (military), _old soldier with long-service stripes_. BRISE, _f._ (sailors’), à faire plier le pouce, _violent gale_; ---- à grenouille, _west wind_. BRISER (printers’), _to cease working_. (Popular) Se la ----, _to go away_, “to mizzle.” See PATATROT. BRISEUR, _m._ The “briseurs” (gens qui se la brisent), according to Vidocq, are natives of Auvergne who pass themselves off for tradesmen. They at first gain the confidence of manufacturers or wholesale dealers by paying in cash for a few insignificant orders, and swindle them afterwards on larger ones. The goods, denominated “brisées,” are then sold much under value, and the unlawful proceeds are invested in Auvergne. BRISQUE, _f._ (thieves’), _year_, or “stretch.” BRISQUES, _f. pl._ (gamblers’), _the ace and figures in a pack of cards_. When a player possesses all these in his game he is said to have “la triomphe;” (military) _stripes_. BRISURE, _f._ (thieves’), _swindle_, or “plant;” (printers’) _temporary cessation of work_. Grande ----, _total stoppage of work_. Au Rappel, la pige dure six heures avec une brisure d’une demi-heure à dix heures.--=BOUTMY.= BROBÈCHE, _m._ (popular), _centime_. BROBUANTE, _f._ (thieves’), _ring_, “fawney.” BROC, _m._ (thieves’), _farthing_, or “fadge.” BROCANTE, _m._ (popular), _old shoe_. BROCANTER (familiar), _to be pottering about_. BROCHE, _f._ (tradespeoples’), _note of hand_, or “stiff.” BROCHES, _f. pl._ (popular), _teeth_, or “head rails.” BROCHET, _m._ (popular), _pit of the stomach_, for bréchet; _women’s bully_, or “ponce.” BROCHETON, _m._ (popular), _young bully_. BROCHURE, _f._ (theatrical), _printed play_. BRODAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _writing_. BRODANCHER (thieves’), _to write_; _to embroider_. Tirants brodanchés, _embroidered stockings_. BRODANCHEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _writer_; ---- en cage, _scribe who for a consideration will undertake to do an illiterate person’s correspondence_ (termed écrivain public); ---- à la plaque, aux macarons, or à la cymbale, _notary public_ (an allusion to the escutcheon placed over a notary’s door). BRODÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _melon_. BRODER (thieves’), _to write_; ---- sur les prêts _is said of a gamester who, having lent a colleague a small sum of money, claims a larger amount than is due to him._ BRODERIE, _f._ (thieves’), _writing_. Pas de broderie, par exemple, tu connais le proverbe, les écrits sont des mâles, et les paroles sont des femelles.--=VIDOCQ=, _Mémoires_. BRODEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _writer_; also _a gamester who claims a larger sum than is due to him._ BROQUE, _m._ (thieves’), _farthing_. Il n’y a ni ronds, ni herplis, ni broque en ma felouse. _I haven’t got a sou, or a farthing, in my pocket._