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
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Les plantureuses et les fifis, les grands carcans et les
bassets ... les rosières comme aussi les enragées qu’ont
donné des arrhes à son promis.--=TRUBLOT=, _Le Cri du
Peuple_, Sept., 1886.
FIFI-LOLO, _m._ (popular), _one who plays the fool_.
FIFLOCHE, _m._ (popular), _one more skilful than the rest, who leads
the quadrille at a dancing hall_.
FIFLOT, _m._ (military), _infantry soldier_, “beetle-crusher,” “grabby.”
FIGARISTE, _m._ (familiar). Properly _a contributor to the Figaro
newspaper_, and figuratively _term of contempt applied to unscrupulous
journalists_.
FIGNARD, _m._, FIGNE, _f._ (popular), _the breech_, or “one-eyed
cheek.” See VASISTAS.
FIGNOLADE, _f._ (theatrical), _prolonged trilling_.
FIGNOLE, _f. adj._ (thieves’), _pretty_, “dimber.”
Alors aboula du sabri,
Moure au brisant comme un cabri,
Une fignole gosseline.
=RICHEPIN.=
FIGURATION, _f._ (theatrical), _staff of supernumeraries_, or “sups.”
FIGURE, _f._ (popular), _the breech_, see VASISTAS; _sheep’s head_. Ma
----, _myself_, “No. 1.”
FIGURER (thieves’), _to be in irons_.
FIL, _m._ (thieves’), de soie, _thief_, “prig.” See GRINCHE. (Popular)
Avoir le ----, or connaître le ----, _to know what one is about_,
“to be up to a dodge or two.” N’avoir pas inventé le ---- à couper
le beurre _is said of one who is not particularly bright, who is_
“no conjurer.” N’avoir plus de ---- sur la bobine, _to be bald_, or
“stag-faced.” Prendre un ----, _to have a dram of spirits, a drop of_
“something damp,” or a “drain.” Un verre de ----, _a glass of brandy_.
Une langue qui a le ----, _a sharp tongue_.
FILAGE, _m._ (card-sharpers’), _handling cards in such a manner that
trumps will turn up_; _juggling away a card as in the three-card
trick_, “slipping;” (thieves’) _tracking one_.
FILASSE, _f._ (popular), _mattress_, _bed_, “doss;” _a piece of roast
beef_. Se fourrer dans la ----, _to go to bed_, _to get into the_ “kip.”
FILATURE, _f._ (thieves’), _following stealthily a person_. Faire
la ----, or lâcher de la ---- à quelqu’un, _to follow a person
stealthily_, _to track one_, “to nose.” Prendre en ---- un voleur,
_to follow and watch a thief_. (Familiar) Filature de poivrots,
_spirit-shop patronized by confirmed drunkards_.
FILENDÈCHE, _m._ (thieves’), _one of the vagabond tribe_.
Lorsque j’occupais mon poste de commissaire de police
dans ce dangereux quartier, les habitants sans patente
des carrières d’Amérique formaient quatre catégories
distinctes: les Hirondelles, les Romanichels, les
Filendèches et les Enfants de la loupe.--_Mémoires de
Monsieur Claude._
FIL-EN-DOUBLE, _m._ (popular), _wine_.
FIL-EN-TROIS, FIL-EN-QUATRE, FIL-EN-SIX, _m._ (popular), _spirits_.
Allons ... un petit verre de fil en quatre, histoire de se
velouter et de se rebomber le torse.--=TH. GAUTIER.=
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