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
French language -- Dictionaries -- English; French language -- Slang -- Dictionaries
CHARRIEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who employs the mode termed_
charriage (which see); _confederate who provides cardsharpers with
pigeons_; ---- de ville, _a robber who first makes his victims
insensible by drugs, and then plunders them_, a “drummer;” ----
cambrousier, _itinerant quack_; _clumsy thief_.
CHARTREUSE, _f._ (popular), de vidangeur, _small measure of wine_.
CHARTRON, _m._ (theatrical), faire le ----, _is said of actors who
place themselves in a row in front of the footlights_.
CHASON, _m._ (thieves’), _ring_, “fawney.”
CHASSE, _f._ (popular), aller à la ---- au barbillon, _to go
a-fishing_. Foutre une ----, _to scold vehemently_, “to haul over the
coals.”
CHÂSSE, _f._ (thieves’), _eye_, “glazier.” Balancer, boiter des
châsses, _to be one-eyed_, “boss-eyed;” _to squint_. Se foutre l’apôtre
dans la ----, _to be mistaken_.
CHASSE-BROUILLARD (popular), _a drop of spirits_; _a dram to keep the
damp out_, a “dewdrop.”
CHASSE-COQUIN, _m._ (popular), _gendarme; beadle_, “bumble;” _bad wine_.
CHASSELAS, _m._ (popular), _wine_.
CHASSEMAR, _m._ (popular), for chasseur.
CHASSE-MARÉE, _m._ (military), _chasseurs d’Afrique, a body of light
cavalry_.
CHASSE-NOBLE, _m._ (thieves’), _gendarme_.
CHASSER (popular), au plat, _to be a parasite_, a “quiller;” ---- des
reluits, _to weep_, “to nap a bib;” ---- le brouillard, _to have a
morning dram of spirits_, or a “dewdrop;” ---- les mouches, _to be
dying_. See PIPE. (Thieves’ and cads’) Chasser, _to flee_, “to guy.”
See PATATROT.
Gn’a du pet, interrompt un second voyou qui survient, v’là
un sergot qui s’amène ... chassons!--=RICHEPIN.=
D’occase, abbreviation of d’occasion, _secondhand_.
CHÂSSIS, _m._ (popular), _eyes_, or “peepers.” Fermer les ----, _to
sleep_.
CHASSUE, _f._ (thieves’), _needle_. Chas, _eye of a needle_.
CHASSURE, _f._ (thieves’), _wine_.
CHASUBLARD, _m._ (popular), _priest_, or “devil dodger.”
Vit-on un seul royaliste, un seul cagot, un seul
chasublard, prendre les armes pour la défense du trône et
de l’autel?--=G. GUILLEMOT=, _Le Mot d’Ordre_, Sept. 6,
1877.
CHAT, _m._ (thieves’), _turnkey_, “dubsman;” (popular) _slater_, from
his spending half his life on roofs like cats. Avoir un ---- dans la
gouttière, _to be hoarse_.
CHÂTAIGNE, _f._ (popular), _box on the ear_, or “buck-horse.”
CHATAUD, CHATAUDE, _adj._ (popular), _greedy_.
CHÂTEAU, _m._ (popular), branlant, _person or thing always in motion_.
(Thieves’) Château, _prison_; ---- de l’ombre, _convict settlement_. Un
élève du ----, _a prisoner_.
CHÂTEAU-CAMPÊCHE (familiar and popular), _derisive appellation for
bad wine, of which the ruby colour is often due to an adjunction of
logwood_.
CHATON, _m._ (popular), _nice fellow_; _Sodomist_.
CHATOUILLAGE AU ROUPILLON, _m._ (thieves’). See VOL AU POIVRIER.
CHATOUILLER (theatrical), le public, _to indulge in drolleries
calculated to excite mirth among an audience_; (familiar) ---- les
côtes, _to thrash_, “to lick.”
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