DÉSOSSE, _f._ (popular), _distress_. Jouer la ----, _to be ruined_, “cracked up,” “gone to smash.” DÉSOSSÉ, _m._ (popular), _very thin man_; _ruined man_, “brosier.” DÉSOSSER (popular), quelqu’un, _to pommel one_. See VOIE. DESSALÉE, _f._ (popular), _prostitute_, or “bed-fagot.” See GADOUE. DESSALER (thieves’), _to drown_. (Popular) Se ----, _to drink a morning glass of white wine_; _to drink_, “to moisten one’s chaffer.” DESSOUS, _m._ (theatrical), tomber dans le troisième, or trente-sixième ----, _the expression is used to denote that a play has been a complete fiasco_. (Familiar) Tomber dans le troisième ----, _to fall into utter discredit_. (Thieves’) Dessous, _man loved for_ “love,” _not for money_; _a bully_. DESSUS, _m._ (thieves’), _man who keeps a woman_, the dessous being the said woman’s lover. DESTUC (thieves’), être d’----, _to be partners in a robbery_; _to be in a_ “push.” “I’m in this push,” is the notice given by an English thief to another that he means to “stand in.” DÉTACHÉ, _adj._ (sporting), cheval ----, _horse which keeps the lead_. DÉTACHER (thieves’), le bouchon, _to steal a watch_, “to nick a jerry,” “to twist a thimble,” or “to get a red toy.” DÉTAFFER (thieves’), _to grow bold_. De and taf, _fear_. DÉTAILLER (theatrical), le couplet, _to sing with appropriate expression the different parts of a song_; ---- un rôle, _to bring out all the best points of a part_. DÉTAROQUER (thieves’), _to obliterate the marking of linen_. DÉTEINDRE (popular), _to die_, “to kick the bucket,” or “to snuff it.” See PIPE. DÉTELER (popular), _to renounce the pleasures of love_. DÉTOCE, or DÉTOSSE, _f._ (thieves’), _ill-luck_; _poverty_. DÉTOURNE, _f._ (thieves’), vol à la ----, _robbery in a shop, or from the shop-window, generally committed by two confederates, the one engrossing the shopkeeper’s attention while the other takes possession of the property_. DÉTOURNEUR, _m._, DÉTOURNEUSE, _f._, _thief who operates after the manner described under the heading of_ “VOL À LA DÉTOURNE” (which see). DÉTRAQUER (popular), se ---- le trognon, _to become crazy_, _to become_ “balmy.” DETTE (thieves’), payer une ----, _to be in prison_, to “do time.” DEUIL, _m._ (popular), demi ----, _coffee without brandy_. Grand ----, _with brandy_. (Familiar) Il y a du ----, _things are going on badly_. Porter le ---- de sa blanchisseuse, _to have dirty linen_. DEUX (popular), les ---- sœurs, _the breech_, or “cheeks.” See VASISTAS. (Thieves’) Partir pour les ----, _to set out for the convict settlement_, “to lump the lighter.” DÉVALIDÉ, _adj._ (familiar), synonymous of invalidé, _unreturned candidate for parliament_. DEVANT, _m._ (popular), de gilet, _woman’s breasts_, “Charlies.” DÉVEINARD, _m._ (popular), _unlucky_. Un de ces ouvriers déveinards, un de ces inventeurs en chambre, qui ont compté sur le coup de fortune du nouvel an.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_. DÉVEINE, _f._ (popular), _constant ill-luck_.