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
FLÈME, or FLEMME (general), _fear_; _laziness_. Lorédan Larchey says:
“Flemme est une forme ancienne de notre _flegme_. Ce n’est pas douteux
quand on voit dire en Berri _flême_ pour manque d’énergie; en Normandie
et en Suisse _fleume_; en provençal et en italien, _flemma_. Sans
compter le Trésor de Brunetto Latini qui dit dès le xiiiᵉ siècle:
‘_Flemme est froide et moiste._’” Avoir la ----, _to be afraid_.
Ça fiche joliment la flème de penser qu’il faut remonter
là-haut ... et jouer!--=E. MONTEIL.=
Avoir la ----, _to be disinclined for work_.
Aujourd’hui, c’est pas qu’j’ai la flemme. Je jure mes
grands dieux non qu’j’ai point c’maudit poil dans la main
qu’on m’accuse d’temps en temps d’avoir.--=TRUBLOT=, _Le
Cri du Peuple_, Sept., 1886.
Battre sa ----, _to be idling_, or “shooling.”
FLEUR, _f._ (popular), de macadam, _street-walker_. See GADOUE. Fleur
de mai, de mari, _virginity_. (Card-sharpers’) Verre en fleurs, _a
swindling dodge at cards_. See VERRE.
Le coup de cartes par lequel ces messieurs se concilient la
fortune, est ce qu’on appelle le verre en fleurs.--=VIDOCQ.=
FLEURANT, _m._ (thieves’), _nosegay_; (popular) _the behind_. See
VASISTAS.
FLIBOCHEUSE, _f._ (popular), _fast or_ “gay” _girl_, “shoful pullet.”
FLIC-FLAC, or FRIC-FRAC (thieves’), faire le ----, _to pick a lock_,
“to screw,” “to strike a jigger.”
FLIGADIER, _m._ (thieves’), _sou_.
FLINGOT, _m._ (general), _butcher’s steel_; _musket_. Termed formerly
“baston à feu.”
FLINGUE, _f._ (nautical), _musket_.
FLIPPE, _f._ (popular), _bad company_.
FLIQUADARD, _m._ (popular), _police officer_, “bobby,” or
“blue-bottle.” Concerning the latter expression the _Slang Dictionary_
says:--“This well-known slang term for a London constable is used by
Shakespeare. In Part II. of _King Henry IV._, act v., scene 4, Doll
Tearsheet calls the beadle who is dragging her in, a ‘thin man in a
censer, a blue-bottle rogue.’ This may at first seem singular, but the
reason is obvious. The beadles of Bridewell, whose duty it was to whip
the women prisoners, were clad in blue.” For synonyms of fliquadard see
POT-À-TABAC.
FLIQUE, _m._ (popular), _commissaire de police, or petty police
magistrate_; _police officer_, or “bobby.” For synonyms see POT-À-TABAC.
FLOPÉE. See FLAUPÉE.
FLOQUOT, _m._ (thieves’), _drawer_.
FLOTTANT, _m._ (thieves’), _fish_; (popular) _ball patronized by
women’s bullies_. Literally _a company of_ “poissons,” _or bullies_.
FLOTTARD, _m._ (students’), _student preparing for the naval school_.
FLOTTE, _f._ (students’), _monthly allowance_. A boy’s weekly allowance
is termed “allow” at Harrow School. (Popular) Etre de la ----, _to be
one of a company_. Des flottes, _many_; _much_, “neddy.” (Thieves’) La
----, _a gang of swindlers and murderers which existed towards 1825_.
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