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
ENVOYER (general), à la balançoire, à loustaud, à l’ours, dinguer, à
Chaillot, _to send to the deuce_, see CHAILLOT; ---- en paradis, _to
kill_, “to give one his gruel;” ---- quelqu’un aux pelotes, _to send
one to the deuce_. (Thieves’) Envoyer quelqu’un à Niort, _to say no to
one, to refuse_; ---- en parade, _to kill_. (Popular and thieves’) Se
l’----, _to eat_, “to grub.” See MASTIQUER.
EPAIS, _m._ (players’), _five and six of dominoes_.
EPARGNER (thieves’), n’---- le poitou, _to be careful_.
N’épargnons le poitou,
Poissons avec adresse,
Messières et gonzesses,
Sans faire de regoût.
=VIDOCQ.=
EPATAGE, _m._ (popular). See EPATEMENT.
EPATAMMENT (popular), _wonderfully_, “stunningly.”
EPATANT, ÉPATAROUFLANT, _adj._ (general), _wonderful_; _wondrous_,
“stunning,” “crushing.”
EPATE, _f._ (general), faire de l’----, _to show off_.
EPATEMENT, _m._ (general), _astonishment_.
EPATER, ÉPATAROUFLER (general), quelqu’un, _to astound one, to make him
wonder at something or other_.
EPATEUR, _m._, ÉPATEUSE, _f._ (general), _one who shows off_; _one who
tries to astound people by showing off_.
EPAULE, _f._ (general), changer son fusil d’----, _to alter one’s
opinion; to change one’s mind_.
EPÉE, _f._ (popular), de Savoyard, _fisticuffs_.
EPICÉ, _adj._ (general), _at an exaggerated price_. C’est diablement
----, _it is a long price_.
EPICEMAR, _m._ (familiar), _grocer_.
EPICÉPHALE, _m._ (students’), _hat_. See TUBARD.
EPICER (popular), _to scoff at_; _to deride_.
EPICERIE, _f._ (artists’), _the world of Philistines_, “non digni
intrare.”
EPICE-VINETTE, _m._ (thieves’), _grocer_.
EPICIER, M. (familiar), _man devoid of any artistic taste_; _mean,
vulgar man_; termed also “commerçant;” (students’) _one who does not
take up classics at college_.
EPILER (popular), se faire ---- la pêche, _to get shaved_.
EPINARDS (artists’), plat d’----, _painting where tones of crude green
predominate_. (Popular) Aller aux ----, _to receive money from a
prostitute_.
EPINGLE, _f._ (popular), avoir une ---- à son col, _to have a glass of
wine waiting ready poured out for one at a neighbouring wine-shop, and
paid for by a friend_.
EPIPLOON, _m._ (students’), _necktie_.
EPITONNER (thieves’), s’----, _to grieve_.
EPOINTER (popular), son foret, _to die_, “to kick the bucket,” or “to
snuff it.” See CASSER SA PIPE.
EPONGE, _f._ (general), _paramour_; _drunkard_, or “lushington;” ----
à sottises, _gullible man_, “gulpin;” ---- d’or, _attorney_, or “green
bag.” An allusion to the long bills of lawyers.
EPOUFFER (thieves’), _to pounce on one_.
EPOUSE, _f._ (familiar), édition belge, _mistress_, or “tartlet.”
EPOUSER (thieves’), la camarde, _to die_, “to croak;” ---- la
fourcandière, or la fauconnière, _to throw away stolen property when
pursued_; ---- la veuve, _to be executed_.
EPROUVÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _well-behaved convict who, after having_
“done half his time,” _is recommended for a ticket-of-leave_.
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