DEMI-CASTOR, _f._, _woman of the demi-monde_, a “pretty horse-breaker,” or “tartlet.” See GADOUE. DEMI-CERCLE, pincer au ----. See CERCLE. DEMI-LUNE (popular), _rump_, “cheek.” DEMI-MONDAINE, _f._ (familiar), _woman of the demi-monde_. See GADOUE. DEMI-MONDE, _m._ (familiar), _the world of the higher class of kept women_, _of_ “pretty horsebreakers.” DEMI-SEL, DEMI-POIL, DEMI-VERTU, _f._ (popular), _girl who has lost her maidenhead_, _her_ “ceincture,” as Villon termed it. DEMI-STROC, _m._ (thieves’), _half a_ “setier,” _that is, one-fourth of a litre_. DÉMOC-SOC, _m._ (familiar), _socialist_. An abbreviation for démocrate-socialiste. DEMOISELLE, _f._ (popular), _a certain measure for wine, half a_ “monsieur;” _bottle of wine_. DEMOISELLES, _f._ (familiar), ces ----, _euphemism for gay ladies_; ---- du bitume, du Pont Neuf, _street-walkers_. DÉMOLIR (literary), _to criticise with harshness_, _to run down literary productions_; (popular) _to thrash soundly_, “to knock into a cocked hat,” see VOIE; _to kill_. DÉMOLISSEUR, _m._ (literary), _sharp and violent critic_. DÉMORFILAGE (card-sharpers’), _setting right again cards which have been marked_. DÉMORFILER, _action of doing_ démorfilage (which see); also _to have one’s wounds cured_. DÉMORGANER (thieves’), _to give in to one’s arguments_. DÉMURGER (thieves’), _to leave a place_; _to be set at liberty_. DENAILLE, _m._ (thieves’), Saint ----, _Saint-Denis, an arrondissement of Paris_. DÉNICHEUR, _m._ (popular), de fauvettes, _one fond of women_, “mutton-monger.” DENT, _f._ (popular), avoir de la ----, _to have preserved one’s good looks_; _to be still young_. Mal de dents, _love_. N’avoir plus mal aux dents, _to be dead_. DENTELLE, _f._ (thieves’), _bank notes_, “rags, flimsies, screenes, or long-tailed ones.” DÉPARLER (popular), _to cease talking_; _to talk nonsense_. DÉPARTEMENT, _m._ (popular), du bas rein, _breech_. See VASISTAS. A play on the word Rhin. DÉPENDEUR, _m._ (popular), d’andouilles. See ANDOUILLES. DÉPENSER (popular), sa salive, _to talk_, or “to jaw away.” DÉPIAUTER, DÉPIOTER (popular), _to skin_. Se ----, _to break one’s skin_; _to undress_, “to peel.” DÉPLANQUER (thieves’), _to remove stolen property out of hiding-place_; ---- son faux centre, _to be convicted under an alias_. DÉPLUMER (popular), se ----, _to get bald_. Avoir le coco déplumé, _to be bald_, “to have a bladder of lard,” or “to be stag-faced.” See N’AVOIR PLUS. DÉPONER (popular), _to ease oneself_, “to go to the chapel of ease.” See MOUSCAILLER. DÉPORTER (popular), _to discharge from a situation_, “to give the sack.” DÉPÔT, _m._ (popular), _dépôt de la Préfecture de Police_. Caisse des dépôts et consignations, _place of ease_, or “crapping ken.” DÉPOTOIR, _m._ (thieves’), _confessional_; (popular) _chamber pot_, or “jerry;” _strong box_, or “peter;” _house of ill-fame_, or “nanny-shop.” DÉPUCELEUR, _m._ (popular), de nourrices, or de femmes enceintes; _ridiculous Lovelace_.