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
DOIGT, _m._ (familiar), se fourrer le ---- dans l’œil, or le ---- dans
l’œil jusqu’au coude, _to be grossly mistaken_. Etre de la société
du ---- dans l’œil, _to be one of those who form ambitious hopes not
likely to be realized_. Name given after the Commune of 1871 to a
group of Communists in exile who had separated from the rest, and had
divided among themselves all the future official posts of their future
government--a case of selling chickens, &c., with a vengeance.
DOMANGE (popular), marmite à ----, _waggon which carries away the
contents of cesspools_. Marmiton de ----, _scavenger employed at
emptying the cesspools_. Travailler pour M. ----, _to eat_. See
MASTIQUER. M. Domange is the name of a contractor who has, or had,
charge of the cleaning of all Paris cesspools.
DOME, _m._ (thieves’), Saint ----, or saindomme, _tobacco_, or “fogus.”
DOMINER (theatrical), _is said of an actor standing behind another who
is nearer to the footlights_. It must be said, in explanation, that the
stage-floor has an incline from the back to the front of the stage.
DOMINO-CULOTTE, _m._, _the last domino in a player’s hand_.
DOMINOS, _m. pl._ (thieves’), jeu de ----, _teeth_. Avoir le jeu
complet de ----, _to possess one’s set of teeth complete_. Jouer des
----, _to eat_. See MASTIQUER.
Comme tu joues des dominos (des dents), à te voir, on
croirait que tu morfiles (mords) dans de la crignole
(viande).--=VIDOCQ.=
DONNE, _f._ (gambling cheats’), la ----, _the act of skilfully
shuffling a pack so as to leave underneath certain cards which the
cheat reserves for himself._
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