CHAMBARD, _m._ (Ecole Polytechnique), _act of smashing the furniture and destroying the effects of the newly-joined students_. CHAMBARDEMENT, _m._ (sailors’), _overthrown_; _destruction_. CHAMBARDER (sailors’), _to hustle_; _to smash_. At the Ecole Polytechnique, _to smash, or create a disturbance_. CHAMBERLAN, _m._ (popular), _workman who works at home_. CHAMBERT, _m._ (thieves’), _one who talks too much_; _one who lets the cat out of the bag_. CHAMBERTER (thieves’), _to talk in an indiscreet manner_. CHAMBRE, _f._ (thieves’), de sûreté, _the prison of La Conciergerie_. La ---- des pairs, _that part of the dépôt reserved for convicts sentenced to penal servitude for life_. CHAMBRER (swindlers’), _to lose_; _to steal_; _to_ “claim.” See GRINCHIR. CHAMBRILLON, _m._, _small servant_; _young_ “slavey.” CHAMEAU, _m._ (popular), _cunning man who imposes on his friends_; _girl of lax morals; prostitute_; ---- a deux bosses, _prostitute_. Ce ---- de ..., _insulting expression applied to either sex_. Coupeau apprit de la patronne que Nana était débauchée par une autre ouvrière, ce petit chameau de Léonie, qui venait de lâcher les fleurs pour faire la noce.--=ZOLA=, _L’Assommoir_. CHAMELIERS, _m. pl._ (military), _name formerly given to the old_ “_guides_.” CHAMP, _m._ (familiar), _champagne_, “fiz,” or “boy;” (popular) ---- d’oignons, _cemetery_; ---- de navets, _cemetery where executed criminals are interred_. CHAMPOREAU, _m._ (military), _beverage concocted with coffee, milk, and some alcoholic liquor, but more generally a mixture of coffee and spirits_. From the name of the inventor. Le douro, je le gardais précieusement, ayant grand soin de ne pas l’entamer. J’eusse préféré jeûner un long mois de champoreau et d’absinthe.--=HECTOR FRANCE=, _Sous le Burnous_. CHANÇARD, _m._ (familiar), _lucky man_. CHANCELLERIE, _f._ (popular), mettre en ----, _to put one in_ “chancery.” CHANCRE, _m._ (popular), _man with a large appetite_, a “grand paunch.” CHAND, CHANDE (popular), abbreviation of marchand. CHANDELIER, _m._ (popular), _nose_, “boko,” “snorter,” or “smeller.” For synonyms see MORVIAU. CHANDELLE, _f._ (military), _infantry musket_; _sentry_. Etre conduit entre quatre chandelles, _to be marched off to the guard-room by four men and a corporal_. La ---- brûle, _it is time to go home_. Faire fondre une ----, _to drink a bottle of wine_. Glisser en ----, _to slide with both feet close together_. Mon galopin file comme une flèche. Quelle aisance! quelle grâce même! Tantôt les pieds joints, en chandelle: tantôt accroupi, faisant la petite bonne femme.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_. CHANGER (popular), son poisson d’eau, or ses olives d’eau, _to void urine_, “to pump ship.” See LASCAILLER. CHANGEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _clothier who provides thieves with a disguise_; _rogue who appropriates a new overcoat from the lobby of a house or club, and leaves his old one in exchange_. Also _thief who steals plate_.