DÉCLOUER (popular), _to redeem objects from pawn_, _to get objects_ “out of lug.” DÉCOGNOIR, _m._ (popular), _nose_, “boko,” or “smeller.” See MORVIAU. DÉCOLLER (popular), _to leave a place_; _to leave one’s employment_; ---- son billard, _to die_. See PIPE. Se ----, _to fail_; _to grow old, rickety_; _to die_, “to kick the bucket.” DÉCOMPTE, _m._ (military), _mortal wound_. Recevoir son ----, _to die_; see PIPE; “to lose the number of one’s mess.” DÉCORS, _m. pl._ (freemasons’), _ornaments_, _insignia_. DÉCOUCHEUR (military), _soldier who is in the habit of stopping away without leave_. DÉCOUDRE (familiar), en ----, _to fight either in a duel or with the natural weapons_. DÉCOUVRIR (popular), la peau de quelqu’un, _to make one say things which he would rather have left unsaid_; “to pump one;” “to worm” _secrets out of one_. DÉCRAMPONNER (familiar), se ----, _to get rid of a troublesome person_. Pourquoi ai-je quitté Paris? Pour me décramponner tout à fait de cet imbécile qui, panné, décavé, commençait à me porter la guigne.--=RICHEPIN=, _La Glu_. DÉCRASSER (popular), quelqu’un, _to corrupt one_, “to put one up to snuff;” (prostitutes’) ---- un homme, _to clean a man out of his money_, and in thieves’ language, _to rob a man_. See GRINCHIR. DÉCRAVATER (popular), ses propos, _to use language of an objectionable character_, or “blue talk.” DÉCROCHER (popular), _to take articles out of pawn_, or “out of lug;” (military) _to shoot down_; (thieves’) _to steal handkerchiefs_, “to haul stooks;” (popular) ---- un enfant, _to bring about a miscarriage_; (familiar) ---- la timballe, _to be fortunate_, or, as the Americans term it, “to get the cake,” or “to yank the bun.” An allusion to the practice of hanging a silver cup as a prize at the top of a greasy pole. DÉCROCHEZ-MOI-ÇA (popular), _woman’s bonnet_; _old clothes dealer_; _shop where secondhand clothes, or_ “hand-me-downs,” _are sold_. DÉCROTTER (popular), un gigot, _to leave nothing of a leg of mutton but the bare bone_. DÉCULOTTÉ, _m._ (popular), _bankrupt_, “brosier.” DEDANS (familiar), fourrer or mettre quelqu’un ----, _to lock one up_; _to impose upon one_, “to bamboozle.” Se mettre ----, _to make a mistake_; _to get tipsy_. (Popular) Voir en ----, _to be tipsy_, applicable especially to those who hold soliloquies when in their cups. See POMPETTE. DÉDÈLE, _f._ (popular), _mistress_, “moll.” DÉDIRE (thieves’), se ---- cher, _to be at death’s door_. Properly _to repent one’s crimes_. DÉDURAILLER (thieves’), _to remove prisoners’ irons_. DÉFALQUER (popular), _to ease oneself_; _to go to the_ “crapping ken.” See MOUSCAILLER. DÉFARGUER (thieves’), _to grow pale_; _to be acquitted_. DÉFARGUEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _witness for the defence_. DÉFENDRE (popular), sa queue, _to defend oneself_. DÉFFARDEUR, _m._ (popular), _thief_, “cross cove.” See GRINCHE. From de and fardeau, literally _one who eases you of your burden_.