CAPAHUT, _f._ (thieves’), voler à la ----, _to murder an accomplice so as to get possession of his share of the booty_. CAPAHUTER. See CAPAHUT. CAPE, _f._ (thieves’), _handwriting_. CAPET, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD. CAPINE, _f._ (thieves’), _inkstand_. CAPIR (thieves’), _to write_, or “to screeve.” CAPISTON, _m._ (military), _captain_; ---- bêcheur, _an officer who acts as public prosecutor at courts-martial_. Termed also “capitaine bêcheur.” CAPITAINE (thieves’), _stock-jobber_; _financier_; (military) ---- bêcheur, see CAPISTON; ---- de la soupe, _an officer who has never been under fire_. CAPITAINER (thieves’), _to be a stock-jobber_. CAPITAL, _m._ (popular), _maidenhead_. Villon, fifteenth century, terms it “ceincture.” CAPITOLE, _m._ (schoolboys’), formerly _the black hole_. CAPITONNÉE, _adj._ (popular), _is said of a stout woman_. CAPITONNER (popular), se ----, _to grow stout_. CAPITULARD, _m._ (familiar and popular), _term of contempt applied during the war of 1870 to those who were in favour of surrender_. CAPORAL, _m._, _tobacco of French manufacture_. CAPORALISME, _m._ (familiar), _pipe-clayism_. CAPOU, _m._ (popular), _a scribe who writes letters for illiterate persons in return for a fee_. CAPOUL (familiar), bandeaux à la ----, or des Capouls, _hair brushed low on forehead_, _fringe_, or “toffs.” From the name of a celebrated tenor who some twenty years ago was a great favourite of the public, especially of the feminine portion of it. CAPRICE, _m._, _appellation given by ladies of the demi-monde to their lovers_; ---- sérieux, _one who keeps a girl_. CAPSULE, _f._ (popular), _hat with narrow rim_; _infantry shako_. See TUBARD. CAPTIF, _m._ (popular), abbreviation of ballon captif. Enlever le ----, _to kick one in the hind quarters_, “to root.” CAPUCIN, _m._ (sportsmen’s), _hare_. CAPUCINE, _f._ (familiar and popular), jusqu’à la troisième ----, _completely_, “awfully.” Etre paf jusqu’à la troisième ----, _to be quite drunk_, or “ploughed.” See POMPETTE. S’ennuyer ----, &c., _to feel_ “awfully” dull. CAQUER (popular), _to ease oneself_. See MOUSCAILLER. CARABINE, _f._ (popular), _sweetheart of a_ “carabin,” _or medical student_; (military) _whip_. CARABINÉ, _adj._ (popular), _excessive, violent_. Un mal de tête ----, _a violent headache_. Une plaisanterie carabinée, _a spicy joke_. CARABINER (military), les côtes, _to thrash_. See VOIE. CARABINIER, _m._ (popular), de la Faculté, _chemist_. CARAFE, _f._ (cads’), _throat_, or “gutter lane;” _mouth_, or “mug.” Fouetter de la ----, _to have an offensive breath_. CARAMBOLAGE, _m._ (popular), _collision; general set-to; coition_, or “chivalry.” Properly _cannoning at billiards_.