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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A tout ----, _tremendous; awful_. Une noce à tout ----, _a rare
jollification_, “a flare-up,” or “break-down.” Un potin à tout ----, _a
tremendous row_, or “shindy.”
CASSEROLAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _informing against an accomplice_.
CASSEROLE, _f._ (thieves’), _informer_, or “buz-man;” _spy_, or
“nark;” _police officer_, or “copper.” See POT-À-TABAC. Casserole,
_prostitute_, or “bunter.” See GADOUE. Coup de ----, _denunciation_,
or “busting.” Passer à ----, _to be informed against_. (Popular)
Casserole, _name given to the Hôpital du Midi_. Passer à ----, see
PASSER.
CASSEUR, _m._ (thieves’), de portes, _housebreaker_, “buster,” or
“screwsman;” ---- de sucre à quatre sous, _military convict of
the Algerian_ “_compagnies de discipline_,” _chiefly employed at
stone-breaking_. The “compagnies de discipline,” or punishment
companies, consist of all the riff-raff of the army.
CASSINE, _f._ (popular), properly _small country-house_; _house where
the master is strict_; _workshop in which the work is severe_.
CASSOLETTE, _f._ (popular), _chamber utensil_, or “jerry;” _scavenger’s
cart_; _mouth_, or “gob.” Plomber de la ----, _to have an offensive
breath_.
CASSURE, _f._ (theatrical), jouer une ----, _to perform in the
character of a very old man_.
CASTAGNETTES, _f. pl._ (military), _blows with the fist_.
CASTE, _f._ (old cant), de charrue, _one-fourth of a crown_.
CASTOR, or CASTORIN, _naval officer who shirks going out to sea, or one
in the army who is averse to leaving the garrison_.
CASTORIN, _m._ (popular), _hat-maker_.
CASTORISER _is said of an officer who shirks sea duty, or who likes to
make a long stay in some pleasant garrison town_.
CASTROZ, _m._ (popular), _capon_.
CASTU, _m._ (thieves’), _hospital_. Barbeaudier de ----, _hospital
director_.
CASTUE, _m._ (thieves’), _prison_, or “stir.” See MOTTE. Comte de ----,
_jailer_, or “jigger-dubber.”
CATAPLASME, _m._ (popular), au gras, _spinach_; ---- de Venise, _blow_,
“clout.”
CATAPLASMIER, _m._ (popular), _hospital attendant_.
CATAPULTEUX, CATAPULTEUSE, _adj._ (popular), _beautiful_; _marvellous_.
Une femme ----, _a magnificent woman_, a “blooming tart.”
CATINISER (popular), se ----, _to be in a fair way of becoming a
street-walker_.
CAUCHEMARDANT (popular), _tiresome_, _annoying_, “boring.”
CAUCHEMARDER (popular), _to annoy_, _to bore_. Se ----, _to fret_.
CAUSE, _f._ (familiar), grasse, _case in a court of justice offering
piquant details_.
CAUSOTTER (familiar), _to chat familiarly in a small circle_.
CAVALCADE, _f._ (popular), _love intrigue_. Avoir vu des cavalcades _is
said of a woman who has had many lovers_.
CAVALE, _f._ (popular), _flight_. Se payer une ----, _to run away_, or
“to crush.” See PATATROT. (Thieves’) Tortiller une ----, _to form a
plan for escaping from prison_.
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