larque, menesse, louille.” In the English slang they are termed: “anonyma, pretty horse-breaker, demi-rep, tartlet, mot, common Jack, bunter, trollop, bed-fagot, shake, poll, dollymop, blowen, bulker, gay woman, unfortunate, barrack-hack, dress lodger, bawdy basket, mauks, and quædam” (obsolete), &c. GAFFE, _m. and f._ (thieves’), _sentry_; _thief on the watch_, or “crow;” _prison warder_, or “bloke.” Les gaffes (gardiens) ont la vie dure. Ils tiennent sur leurs pattes comme des chats ... si je l’ai manqué, je ne me suis pas manqué, moi, je suis sûr d’aller à la butte.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude_. Gaffe à gail, _mounted police_; ---- de sorgue, _night watchman_; ---- des machabées, _cemetery watchman_. Etre en ----, faire ----, _to be on the watch_, “to dick.” Riboulet et moi, nous étions restés en gaffe afin de donner l’éveil en cas d’alerte.--=VIDOCQ.= Grivier de ----, _soldier of the watch_. (Popular) Gaffe, _f._, _joke_; _deceit_; _tongue_, or “red rag.” Avaler sa ----, _to die_, “to snuff it.” See PIPE. Coup de ----, _loud talking_, “jawing.” Monter une ----, _to play a trick_; _to deceive_, “to bamboozle,” “to pull the leg.” (Familiar) Faire une ----, _to take an inconsiderate step_; _to make an awkward mistake_, “to put one’s foot in it.” GAFFER (thieves’), _to watch_, “to dick;” _to look_, “to pipe;” ---- la mirette, _to keep a sharp look-out_. Gaffe les péniches du gonse, _look at that man’s shoes_. Gaffer, _to cause to stand_; _to stop_. Il fallait faire gaffer un roulant pour y planquer les paccins (il fallait faire stationner un fiacre pour y placer les paquets).--=VIDOCQ.= GAFFEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _man on the watch_. GAFFIER, _m._ (thieves’), _pickpocket who operates at markets_; _warder in a prison or convict settlement_, a “screw.” GAFFINER (thieves’ and cads’), _to look at_, “to pipe.” Gaffine lago, la riflette t’exhibe, _look there, the policeman is watching you_, or, in other words, “pipe there, the bulky is dicking.” GAFILER (thieves’), _to listen attentively_. GAGA, _m._ (familiar), _man who, through a life of debauchery, has become almost an imbecile_. GAGNIE, _f._ (popular), _buxom lady_. GAHISTO, _m._ (thieves’), _the devil_, “ruffin,” or “darble.” From the Basque giztoa, _bad_, _wicked_, according to V. Hugo. GAI, _adj._ (popular), être ----, _to be slightly tipsy_, or “elevated.” See POMPETTE. Avoir la cuisse gaie _is said of a woman of lax morality who is lavish of her favours_. GAIL, GALIER, _m._ (thieves’), _horse_, “prad.” Vol au ----, _horse stealing_, or “prad napping.” GAILLARD À TROIS BRINS, _m._ (sailors’), _able sailor_; _old tar_. J’ai travaillé, mangé, gagné mon pain parmi Des gaillards à trois brins qui me traitaient en mousse. =RICHEPIN=, _La Mer_. GAILLON, _m._ (popular and thieves’), _horse_, “prad, nag, or tit.” GAILLOTERIE, _f._ (popular), _stable_.