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
DÉPUTÉ, _m._ (theatrical), _free ticket_.
DE QUOI (popular), _wealth_; _what next? what do you mean?_
DÉRAGER (popular), _to get pacified_. Generally used in the negative.
Il n’a pas encore déragé, _he is yet in a rage_.
DÉRAILLÉ, _m._ (familiar), _one who has lost caste_.
DÉRAILLER (familiar), _to talk nonsense, cock-and-bull-story fashion_.
DÉRALINGUER (sailors’), _to die_. Properly _to detach from the bolt
rope_. See PIPE.
DÉRONDINER (popular), _to pay_, “to shell out.” Se ----, _to spend or
give away one’s money_. Ronds, _halfpence_.
DÉROULER (thieves’), se ----, _to spend a certain time, not specified,
in prison_, “to do time.”
DERRIÈRE, _m._ (popular), roue de ----, _five-franc piece_. Se lever le
---- le premier, _to get up in a bad humour_. Used as a preposition:
(Printers’) Derrière le poêle chez Cosson, _words used to evade
replying to an inquiry_.
DÉSARGENTÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), _in want of money_.
Quand on est désargenté on se la brosse et l’on ne va pas
se taper un souper à l’œil.--=VIDOCQ.=
DÉSARGOTÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), être ----, _to be shrewd_, _to be a_
“file,” to be “fly,” _or a_ “leary bloke.”
DÉSARGOTER (thieves’), _to employ cunning_.
DÉSARRER (thieves’), _to flee, to_ “guy.” or “to make beef.” See
PATATROT.
DÉSATILLER (thieves’), _to castrate_. Horse-trainers term the operation
“adding one to the list.”
D’ESBROUFFE, or D’ESBROUF (thieves’), _by force_. Pesciller ----, _to
take by force_. Estourbir ----, _to knock over the head_.
Un grand messière franc ...
Le filant sur l’estrade
D’esbrouf je l’estourbis.
=VIDOCQ.=
DESCENDRE (popular), quelqu’un, _to shoot one_, “to pot;” _to throw
down_; ---- le crayon sur la colonne, _to thrash_, see VOIE; ---- la
garde, _to die_, see PIPE. (Theatrical) Descendre, _to approach the
footlights_. (Sporting) Un cheval qui descend, _horse against which the
odds are decreasing_.
DÉSENBONNETDECOTONNER, _to give elegance to_. “De,” and “en bonnet de
coton,” _a nightcap_.
DÉSENFLAQUER (popular), se ----, _to amuse oneself_. (Thieves’) Se
----, _to get out of prison_; _to get out of trouble_.
DÉSENFRUSQUINER (popular), se ----, _to undress_.
DÉSENTIFLAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _separation_; _divorce_.
DÉSENTIFLER (thieves’), _to separate_; _to divorce_.
DESFOUQUE. See DESFOUX.
DESFOUX, _f._ (popular), _silk cap sported by women’s bullies_. From
the maker’s name.
DESGENAIS, _a character of a comedy by Th. Barrière_. Faire son ---- en
chambre, _to play the moralist_.
DESGRIEUX, _associate of prostitutes and swindlers_. A character from
_Manon Lescaut_, by l’Abbé Prévost.
DÉSHABILLAGE, _m._ (literary), _ill-natured criticism_.
Si l’on veut passer un joli quart d’heure on n’a qu’à faire
jaser un peintre connu sur un autre peintre également
connu. Quel déshabillage! mes amis.
DÉSHABILLER (popular), _to thrash_, “to wallop.” See VOIE.
DÉSOLER (thieves’), _to throw_.
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