CULOTTE, _m._ (popular and familiar), _money losses at cards_; _excess in anything, especially in drink_. Grosse ----, _regular drunkard_. Donner dans la ---- rouge _is said of a woman who is too fond of soldiers’ attentions, of one who has an attack of_ “scarlet fever.” Se flanquer une ----, _to sustain a loss at a game of cards_; _to get intoxicated_. (Students’) Empoigner une ----, _to lose at a game, and to have in consequence to stand all round_. (Artists’) Faire ----, _exaggeration of_ FAIRE CHAUD (which see). CULOTTÉ, _adj._ (popular), _hardened_; _soiled_; _seedy_; _red_, &c. Etre ----, _to have a seedy appearance_. Un nez ----, _a red nose_. CULOTTER (popular), se ----, _to get tipsy_; _to have a worn-out, seedy appearance_. Se ---- de la tête aux pieds, _to get completely tipsy_. CUMULARD, _m._ (familiar), _official who holds several posts at the same time_. CUPIDON, _m._ (thieves’), _rag-picker_, or “bone-grubber.” An ironical allusion to his hook and basket. CURE-DENTS (familiar), venir en ----, _to come to an evening party without having been invited to the dinner that precedes it_. Termed also “venir en pastilles de Vichy.” CURETTE, _f._ (military), _cavalry sword_. Manier la ----, _to do sword exercise_. CURIEUX, _m._ (thieves’), _magistrate_, “beak,” or “queer cuffin.” Also _juge d’instruction_, a magistrate who investigates cases before they are sent up for trial. Grand ----, _chief judge of the assize court_. CYCLOPE, _m._ (popular), _behind_, or “blind cheek.” CYLINDRE, _m._ (popular), _top hat_, or “stove-pipe;” see TUBARD; _body_, or “apple cart.” Tu t’en ferais péter le ----, _is expressive of ironical refusal_; “don’t you wish you may get it.” CYMBALE, _f._ (thieves’), _moon_, or “parish lantern;” (popular) _escutcheon placed over the door of the house of a notary_. D DA (popular), mon ----, _my father_, “my daddy.” Ma ----, _my mother_, “my mammy.” DAB, dabe, _m._ (thieves’), _father_, or “dade;” _master_; _a god_. Mercure seul tu adoreras, Comme dabe de l’entrottement. =VIDOCQ.= Le ---- de la cigogne, _the procureur général_, or _public prosecutor_. Grand ----, _king_. Ma largue part pour Versailles... Pour m’faire défourailler. Mais grand dab qui se fâche, Dit par mon caloquet, J’li ferai danser une danse Où i n’y a pas d’plancher. =V. HUGO.= DABE, _m._ (popular), d’argent, _speculum_. (Prostitutes’) Cramper avec le ---- d’argent, _to be subjected to a compulsory medical examination of a peculiar nature_. DABÉRAGE, _m._ (popular), _talking_, “jawing.” DABÉRER (popular), _to talk_, “to jaw.” DABESSE, _f._ (thieves’), _mother_; _queen_. DABICULE, _m._ (thieves’), _the master’s son_. DABOT, DABMUCHE, _m._ (thieves’), _the prefect of police_, or _head of the Paris police_; _a drudge_. Formerly it signified an unlucky player _who has to pay all his opponents_. DABUCAL, _adj._ (thieves’), _royal_.