FUMÉ, _adj._ (familiar and popular), _to be in an awful fix, past praying for_, “a gone coon.” With regard to the English slang equivalent, the _Slang Dictionary_ says: “This expression is said to have originated in the first American War with a spy who dressed himself in a racoon skin, and ensconced himself in a tree. An English soldier, taking him for a veritable coon, levelled his piece at him, upon which he exclaimed, ‘Don’t shoot, I’ll come down of myself; I know I’m a gone coon.’ The Yankees say the Britisher was so ‘flummuxed’ that he flung down his musket and ‘made tracks’ for home.” The phrase is pretty general in England. (There is one difficulty about this story--how big was the man who dressed himself in a racoon skin?) FUMER (popular), _to snore_, “to drive one’s pigs to market;” ---- sans pipe et sans tabac, _to be_ “riled;” _to fume_. Avoir fumé dans une pipe neuve, _to feel unwell in consequence of prolonged potations_. FUMERIE, _f._ (popular), _smoking_, “blowing a cloud.” FUMERON, _m._ (popular), _hypocrite_, “mawworm.” FUMERONS, _m. pl._ (popular), _legs_, “pegs.” FUMISTE, _m._ (familiar), _practical joker_; _humbug_. Farce de ----, _practical joke_. For quotation see FARCE. (Polytechnic School) Etre en ----, _to be in civilian’s clothes_, “in mufti.” FUSEAUX, _m. pl._ (popular), _legs_, or “pins.” Jouer des ----, _to run_, “to leg it.” See PATATROT. Il juge qu’il est temps de jouer des fuseaux, mais au moment où il se dispose à gagner plus au pied qu’à la toise ... le garçon le saisit à la gorge.--=VIDOCQ.= FUSÉE, _f._ (popular), lâcher une ----, _to be sick_, “to shoot the cat.” FUSER (popular), _to ease oneself_ See MOUSCAILLER. FUSIL, _m._ (popular), _stomach_; ---- à deux coups, _trousers_; ---- de toile, _wallet_. Aller à la chasse avec un ---- de toile, _to beg_. Colle-toi ça dans le ----, _eat or drink that_; _put that in your_ “bread-basket.” Ecarter du ----, _to spit involuntarily when talking_. Se rincer, se gargariser le ----, _to drink_, “to swig.” See RINCER. Changer son ---- d’épaule, _to change one’s political opinions_, _to turn one’s coat_. Repousser du ----, _to have an offensive breath_. FUSILIER (military), _to spend money_. Literally faire partir ses balles, the last word having the double signification of _bullets_, _francs_; ---- ses invités, _to give one’s guests a bad dinner_; ---- le pavé, _to use one’s fingers as a pocket-handkerchief_; ---- le plancher, _to set off at a run_; ---- son pèse, _to spend one’s money_; (thieves’) ---- le fade, _to give one’s share of booty_; _to make one_ “stand in.” FUSILLEUR, _m._ See BANDE NOIRE. FUTAILLE, _f._ (thieves’), vieille ----, _old woman_. G GABARI, _m._ (popular), passer au ----, _to lose a game_. GABARIT, _m._ (sailors’), _body_; _breast_; ---- sans bossoirs, _breast with thin bosoms_. J’aime pas bien son gabarit sans bossoirs. Elle a plutôt l’air d’un moussaillon que d’autre chose.--=RICHEPIN=, _La Glu_.