Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new ParisBarrère, Albert
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Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris
Barrère, Albert
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BUFFET, _m._ (popular), avoir le ---- garni, _to have had a hearty
meal_; ---- vide, _to be fasting_, _to have nothing in the_ “locker.”
Bas de ----, see BAS. Remouleur de ----, _organ-grinder_.
BUIF, _m._ (military), _shoemaker_.
BULL-PARK, _m._ (students’), _Bullier’s dancing-rooms_, situated near
the Luxembourg, patronized by the students of the Quartier Latin,
but invaded, as most places of a similar description now are, by the
protectors of gay girls.
BUQUER (thieves’), _to commit a robbery at a shop under pretence of
asking for change_; (popular) _to strike_, a corruption of the slang
term bûcher.
Vous avez dit dans votre interrogatoire devant Monsieur le
Juge d’instruction: J’ai buqué avec mon marteau.--_Gazette
des Tribunaux._
BUREAU ARABE, _m._ (soldiers’ in Algeria), _absinthe mixed with_
“orgeat,” _a kind of liquor made with almonds_.
BURETTES, _f. pl._ (thieves’ and popular), _pistols_, “barking irons.”
Literally _phials_.
BURLIN, BURLINGUE, _m._ (popular), _office_; _desk_. For bureau.
Chez l’pèr’ Jacob pour le jour de sa fête,
A son burlingue il voulait l’envoyer.
_La France._
BUSARD, _m._, BUSE, _f._, BUSON, _m._ (familiar and popular), _dull_,
_slow_, _thick-witted man_, “blockhead.”
BUSTINGUE (thieves’), _lodging house_, “dossing ken.”
BUTE, BUTTE, or BUTE À REGRET, _f._ (thieves’), _guillotine_. Monter à
la ----, _to be guillotined_.
BUTÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), _guillotined_; _murdered_. See FAUCHÉ.
Ils l’ont buté à coups de vingt-deux.--=E. SUE.= (_They
killed him by stabbing him._)
BUTER (thieves’), _to kill_, _to guillotine_; _to execute_.
On va le buter, il est depuis deux mois gerbé à la
passe.--=BALZAC.= (_He is going to be executed, he was
sentenced to death two months ago._)
BUTEUR (thieves’), _murderer_; _executioner_. See TAULE.
BUTIN, _m._ (soldiers’), _equipment_.
BUTRE (thieves’), _dish_.
BUVAILLER (popular), _to drink little or slowly_.
BUVAILLEUR or BUVAILLON, _m._ (popular), _a man who cannot stand drink_.
BUVERIE, _f._ (common), _a beerhouse_, termed _brasserie_. From the old
word _beuverie_.
BUVEUR D’ENCRE, _m._ (soldiers’), _any military man connected with the
administration_; _clerk_, or “quill-driver.”
L’expression de buveurs d’encre ne s’applique strictement
qu’aux engagés volontaires qu’on emploie dans les bureaux,
où ils échappent aux rigueurs du service, sous prétexte
qu’ils ont une main superbe.--=F. DE REIFFENBERG=, _La Vie
de Garnison_.
C
C, _m._ (popular), être un ----, _to be an arrant fool_. Euphemism for
a coarse word of three letters with which the walls are often adorned;
---- comme la lune, _extremely stupid_.
ÇA (popular), être ----, _to be the right sort_. C’est un peu ----,
_that’s excellent_, “fizzing.” Avoir de ----, _to be wealthy_.
(Familiar) Ça manque de panache, _it lacks finish or dash_. Elle a de
----, _she has a full, well-developed figure_.
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