CAGE, _f._ (popular), _workshop with glass roof_; _prison_, or “stone jug;” ---- à chapons, _monastery_; ---- à jacasses, _nunnery_; ---- à poulets, _dirty, narrow room_, “a hole;” (printers’) _workshop_. CAGETON, _m._ (thieves’), _may-bug_. CAGNE, _f._ (popular), _wretched horse_, or “screw;” _worthless dog_; _lazy person_; _police officer_, or “bobby.” CAGNOTTE, _f._ (familiar), _money-box in which is deposited each player’s contribution to the expenses of a game_. Faire une ----, _to deposit in a money-box the winnings of players which are to be invested to the common advantage of the whole party_. CAGOU, _m._ (thieves’), _rogue who operates single-handed_; _expert thief_, or “gonnof,” _who takes charge of the education of the uninitiated after the manner of the old Jew Fagin_ (see _Oliver Twist_); _a tutor such as is to be met with in a_ “buz napper’s academy,” _or training school for thieves_; _in olden times a lieutenant of the_ “grand Coëre,” _or king of rogues_. The kingdom of the “grand Coëre” was divided into as many districts as there were “provinces” or counties in France, each superintended by a “cagou.” Says _Le Jargon de l’Argot_:-- Le cagou du pasquelin d’Anjou résolut de se venger de lui et de lui jouer quelque tour chenâtre. CAHUA, _m._ (French soldiers’ in Algeria), _coffee_. Pousse ----, _brandy_. CAILLASSE, _f._ (popular), _stones_. CAILLÉ (thieves’), _fish_. CAILLOU, _m._ (popular), _grotesque face_; _head_, or “block;” _nose_, or “boko;” ---- déplumé, _bald head_, or “bladder of lard.” N’avoir plus de mousse sur le ----, _to be bald_, “to be stag-faced.” CAILLOUX, _m. pl._ (popular), petits ----, _diamonds_. CAÏMAN, _m._ (Ecole Normale school), _usher_. CAISSE, _f._ (popular), d’épargne, _mouth_, or “rattle-trap;” (familiar) ---- des reptiles, _fund for the bribing of journalists_; ---- noire, _secret funds at the disposal of the Home Secretary and Prefect of Police_. Battre la ----, _to puff up_. Sauver la ----, _to appropriate or abscond with the contents of the cash-box_. CAISSON, _m._ (familiar), _head_, “nut.” Se faire sauter le ----, _to blow one’s brains out_. CALABRE, _m._ (thieves’), _scurf_. CALAIN, _m._ (thieves’), _vine-dresser_. CALANCHER (vagrants’), _to die_, “to croak.” See PIPE. CALANDE (thieves’), _walk, lounge_. CALANDRINER (popular), le sable, _to live a wretched, poverty-stricken life_. CALE, _f._ (sailors’), se lester la ----, _to eat and drink_. See MASTIQUER. CALÉ, CALÉE, _adj._, properly _propped up_; (popular) _well off_, “with plenty of the needful.” CALEBASSE, _f._ (popular), _head_, or “cocoa-nut.” Grande ----, _tall, thin, badly attired woman_. Vendre la ----, _to reveal a secret_. CALEBASSES, _f._ (popular), _large soft breasts_. Literally _gourds_. CALÈGE, _f._ (thieves’), _kept woman_. CALENCE, _f._ (popular), _dearth of work_.