DABUCHE, _f._ (thieves’), _mother_; _grandmother_, or “mami;” _nurse_. DABUCHETTE, _f._ (thieves’), _young mother_; _mother-in-law_. DABUCHON, _m._ (popular), _father_, “daddy.” DACHE, _m._ (thieves’), _devil_, “ruffin,” or “black spy;” (military) _hairdresser to the Zouaves_, _a mythical individual_. Allez donc raconter cela à ----, _tell that to the “Marines“_. DADA, _m._ (military), aller à ----, _to perform the act of coition_, or “chivalry.” The old poet Villon termed this “chevaulcher.” DAIL, _m._ (thieves’), je n’entrave que le ----, _I do not understand_. DAIM, _m._ (popular), _swell_, or “gorger,” see GOMMEUX; _fool_, or “duffer;” _gullible fellow_, “gulpy;” ---- huppé, _rich man_, _one with plenty of_ “tin.” DALE, DALLE, _f._ (thieves’), _money_, “quids,” or “pieces,” see QUIBUS. Faut pas aller chez Paul Niquet, Ça vous consomme tout vot’ pauv’ dale. =P. DURAND.= _Five-franc piece_; (popular) _throat_, or “red lane;” ---- du cou, _mouth_, “rattle-trap.” Se rincer, or s’arroser la ----, _to drink_, “to have something damp.” See RINCER. J’ai du sable à l’amygdale. Ohé! ho! buvons un coup, Une, deux, trois, longtemps, beaucoup! Il faut s’arroser la dalle Du cou. =RICHEPIN=, _Gueux de Paris_. DALZAR, _m._ (popular), _breeches_, “kicks,” “sit-upons,” or “kicksies.” DAME, _f._ (popular), blanche, _bottle of white wine_; ---- du lac, _woman of indifferent character who frequents the purlieus of the Grand Lac at the Bois de Boulogne_. DAMER (popular), une fille, _to seduce a girl, to make a woman of her_. DANAÏDES, _f._ (thieves’), faire jouer les ----, _to thrash a girl_. DANDILLER (thieves’), _to ring_; _to chink_. Le carme dandille dans sa fouillouse, _the money chinks in his pocket_. DANDINAGE, _m._, DANDINETTE, _f._ (popular), _thrashing_, “hiding.” DANDINE, _f._ (popular), _blow_, “wipe,” “clout,” “dig,” “bang,” or “cant.” Encaisser des dandines, _to receive blows_. DANDINER (popular), _to thrash_, “to lick.” See VOIE. DANDINETTE. See DANDINAGE. DANKIER (Breton), _prostitute_. DANSE, _f._ (familiar), du panier, _unlawful profits on purchases_. Flanquer une ---- à quelqu’un, _to thrash or_ “lick” _one_. See VOIE. DANSER (popular), _to lose money_; _to pay_, “to shell out.” Il l’a dansée de vingt balles, _he had to pay twenty francs_. Danser devant le buffet, _to be fasting_, “to cry cupboard;” ---- tout seul, _to have an offensive breath_. Faire ---- quelqu’un, _to make one stand treat_; _to make one pay_, or “fork out;” _to thrash_, “to wallop.” See VOIE. La ----, _to be thrashed_; _to be dismissed from one’s employment_, “to get the sack.” DANSEUR, _m._ (popular), _turkey cock_. DARDANT, _m._ (thieves’), _love_. Luysard estampillait six plombes. Mezigo roulait le trimard, Et, jusqu’au fond du coquemart, Le dardant riffaudait ses lombes. =RICHEPIN=, _Gueux de Paris_. DARDELLE, _f._ (urchins’), _penny_ (gros sou).