EQUERRE, _f._ (popular), fendre son ----, _to run away_, “to make tracks.” See PATATROT. ERAILLER (thieves’), _to kill one_, “to cook his goose.” See REFROIDIR. EREINTEMENT, _m._ (familiar), _sharp, unfriendly criticism_. EREINTER (familiar), _to run down a literary work or a literary man_; _to hiss an actor_, “to give the big bird.” EREINTEUR, _m._ (familiar), _scurrilous or sharp critic_. ERÉNÉ (popular), _exhausted_, _spent_, _done up_, “gruelled.” ERGOT, _m._ (popular), se fendre l’----, _to run away_, “to make tracks.” See PATATROT. ERLEQUIN (Breton), _frying-pan for frying pancakes_. ERNEST, _m._ (journalists’), _official communication from official quarters to the press_. ERREUR, _f._ Y a pas d’----! _a Parisian expression used in support of an assertion_. Y a pas d’erreur, va; j’suis un homme, Un chouett’, un zig, un rigolo. =GILL.= ERVOANIK PLOUILIO (Breton), _death_. ES, _m._ (popular), for escroc, _swindler_, or “shark.” ESBALLONNER (popular), _to slip away_, “to mizzle.” See PATATROT. ESBIGNER (popular), s’----, _to slip away_, “to mizzle.” See PATATROT. ESBLINDER (popular), _to astound_. ESBLOQUANT, _adj._ (popular), _astounding_. ESBLOQUER (popular), _to astound_. S’----, _to feel astonished_. Ne vous esbloquez donc pas comme ça, _do not be so astonished_, _keep cool_. ESBROUF (thieves’), d’----, _all at once_; _violently_; _by surprise_. D’esbrouf je l’estourbis.--=VIDOCQ.= (_I suddenly knocked him over the head._) ESBROUFE, ESBROUFFE, coup à l’----. See A L’ESBROUFFE. ESBROUFFEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who practises the kind of theft called_ “VOL À L’ESBROUFFE” (which see). ESBROUFFEUSE, _f._, _flash girl who makes much fuss_. ESCAFF, _m._ (popular), _kick in the breech_. ESCAFFER (popular), _to give a kick in the breech_, “to root,” or “to land a kick.” ESCANNE, _f._ (thieves’), à l’----, _away! and the devil take the hindmost_. ESCANNER (thieves’), _to run away_, or “to make beef.” See PATATROT. ESCARCHER (thieves’), _to look on_, “to pipe.” ESCARE, _f._ (thieves’), _impediment_; _obstacle_; _disappointment_. ESCARER (thieves’), _to prevent_. ESCAREUR (thieves’), _one who prevents_. ESCARGOT, _m._ (popular), _slow, dull man_, or “stick in the mud;” _vagrant_; ---- de trottoir, _police officer_, or “crusher.” See POT-À-TABAC. (Military) Escargot, _man with his tent when campaigning_. ESCARPE, _m._ (thieves’), _thief and murderer_; ---- zézigue, _suicide_. ESCARPER (thieves’), _to kill_. See REFROIDIR. Escarper un zigue à la capahut, _to kill a thief in order to rob him of his booty_. ESCARPIN, _m._ (popular), de Limousin, or en cuir de brouette, _wooden shoe_; ---- renifleur, _leaky shoe_. ESCARPINER (popular), s’----, _to escape nimbly_; _to give the slip_. ESCARPOLETTE, _f._ (theatrical), _practical joke_; _an addition made to a part_. ESCAVER (thieves’). See ESCARER. ESCLOT, _m._ (popular), _wooden shoe_.