CHANOINE, _m._, CHANOINESSE, _f._ (thieves’), _person in good circumstances, one worth robbing_; ---- de Monte-à-regret, _one sentenced to death_; _old offender_. CHANTAGE, _m._ (familiar), _extorting money by threats of disclosures concerning a guilty action real or supposed_, “jobbery.” CHANTER (familiar), _to pay money under threat of being exposed_. Faire ---- quelqu’un, _to extort money from one under threat of exposure_; _to extort_ “socket money.” (Popular) Faire ---- une gamme, _to thrash one_, “to lead a dance.” See VOIE. CHANTEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _juge d’instruction, a magistrate who investigates a case before trial_; (familiar) _man who seeks to extort money by threatening people with exposure_. There are different kinds of chanteurs. Vidocq terms “chanteurs” the journalists who prey on actors fearful of their criticism; those who demand enormous prices for letters containing family secrets; the writers of biographical notices who offer them at so much a line; those who entice people into immoral places and who exact hush-money. The celebrated murderer Lacenaire was one of this class. Chanteur de la Chapelle Sixtine, _eunuch_. Maître ----, _skilful_ chanteur (which see). CHANTIER, _m._ (popular), _embarrassment_, “fix.” CHAPARDER (military), _to loot_; _to steal_, “to prig.” CHAPELLE, _f._ (familiar), _clique_. Termed also “petite chapelle;” (popular) _wine-shop_, or “lush-crib.” Faire ----, _is said of a woman who lifts her dress to warm her limbs by the fire_. Fêter des chapelles, _to go the round of several wine-shops, with what result it is needless to say_. CHAPELURE, _f._ (popular), n’avoir plus de ---- sur le jambonneau, _to be bald_, “to have a bladder of lard.” See AVOIR. CHAPI, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD. CHAPITEAU, _m._ (popular), _head_, or “block.” See TRONCHE. CHAPON, _m._ (popular), _monk_. Cage à chapons, _monastery_. Des chapons de Limousin, _chestnuts_. CHAPSKA, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD. CHAR, _m._ (familiar), numéroté, _cab_. CHARCUTER (popular), _to amputate_. CHARCUTIER (popular), _clumsy workman_; _surgeon_, “sawbones.” CHARDONNERET, _m._ (thieves’), _gendarme_. An allusion to his red, white, and yellow uniform. Properly _a goldfinch_. CHARENTON, _m._ (popular), _absinthe_. The dépôt for lunatics being at Charenton, the allusion is obvious. CHARGÉ, _adj._ (popular), _tipsy_, “tight.” See POMPETTE. (Coachmen’s) Etre ----, _to have a “fare_.” CHARGER (coachmen’s), _to take up a “fare;”_ (prostitutes’) _to find a client_; (cavalry) ---- en ville, _to go to town_. CHARIER (thieves’), _to try to get information_, “to cross-kid.” CHARIEUR (thieves’), _he who seeks to worm out some information_. CHARLEMAGNE, _m._ (military), _sabre-bayonet_.