FAIS (popular), j’y ----, _I am willing_; _I consent_. FAISAN, _m._ See BANDE NOIRE. FAISANDER (popular), se ----, of persons, _to grow old_, _to become rickety_, of things, _to be decayed_, _worn out_, “seedy.” FAISANDERIE, _f._, or BANDE NOIRE, _swindling gang composed of the_ “frères de la côte, or de la flotte,” _denominated respectively_ “grands faisans,” “petits faisans,” “fusilleurs.” See BANDE NOIRE. FAISEUR D’ŒIL, _m._ (popular), _Lovelace_. FAISEUSE D’ANGES, _f._ (familiar), _woman who makes a living by baby-farming, or one who procures a miscarriage by unlawful practices_. FAITRÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), _lost_; _safe for a conviction_, “booked,” or “hobbled.” FALOT, _m._ (military), _military cap_. FALOURDE, _f._ (thieves’), _a returned transport_, a “lag;” (players’) _double six of dominoes_; (popular) ---- engourdie, _corpse_, “cold meat.” FALZAR, _m._ (popular), _trousers_, “kicks, sit-upons, hams, or trucks.” Sans ---- autour des guibolles, _without any trousers, or with trousers in tatters_. FAMILIÈRES, _f. pl._, _female prisoners employed as assistants at the prison of Saint-Lazare, and who, in consequence, are allowed more freedom than their fellow-convicts_. FANAL, _m._ (popular), _throat_, “gutter lane.” S’éclairer le ----, _to drink_, or “to wet one’s whistle.” See RINCER. Colle-toi ça dans l’----, _eat or drink that_. Altérer le ----, _to make one thirsty_. Ceux-ci insinuent que cette opération a pour but d’altérer le fanal et de pousser simplement à la consommation. --=P. MAHALIN.= FANANDE, _m._ (thieves’), abbreviation of fanandel, _m._, _comrade_, or “pal.” V’là les fanand’s qui radinent, Ohé! tas d’ pochetés. =J. RICHEPIN.= FANANDEL, _m._ (thieves’), _comrade_, _friend_, “pal.” Ce mot de fanandel veut dire à la fois: frères, amis, camarades. Tous les voleurs, les forçats, les prisonniers sont fanandels.--=BALZAC.= FANER (popular). Mon verre se fane, _my glass is empty_. (Thieves’) Fourche à ----, _horseman_. FANFARE, _f._ (popular), sale truc pour la ----! exclamation of disgust, _a bad look-out for us!_ FANFE, _f._ See FAUVE. FANFOUINER (thieves’), _to take snuff_. FANFOUINEUR, _m._, FANFOUINEUSE, _f._ (thieves’), _person who is in the habit of taking snuff_. FANTABOSSE, or FANTASBOCHE, _m._ (military), _infantry soldier_, “beetle-crusher,” or “grabby.” FANTASIA, _f._ (familiar), _noisy proceeding more brilliant than useful_. An allusion to the fantasia of Arab horsemen. Donner dans la ----, _to be fond of noisily showing off_. (Popular) Une ----, _a whim_, or “fad.” FANTASSIN, _m._ (military), _bolster_. FAOEN (Breton), _riddle_. FARAUD, _m._ (thieves’), _gentleman_, “nib cove.” FARAUDE, _f._ (thieves’), _lady_, or “burerk.” FARAUDEC, FARAUDETTE, _f._ (thieves’), _young girl_, or “lunan.”