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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GALUCHÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), _braided_; _laced_. Combriot ----, _laced
hat_.
GALUCHET, _m._ (popular), _the knave at cards_.
GALUPE, _f._ (thieves’ and popular), _street-walker_, “bunter.” See
GADOUE.
Les galup’s qu’a des ducatons
Nous rincent la dent, nous les battons.
=RICHEPIN.=
GALUPIER, _m._ (popular), _man who keeps a_ “galupe.” See this word.
GALURE, GALURIN (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD.
GALVAUDAGE, _m._ (popular), _squandering of one’s money_; _pilfering_.
GALVAUDER (popular), _to squander one’s money_. Se ----, _to lead a
disorderly life_.
GALVAUDEUSE, _f._ (popular), _lazy, disorderly woman_; _street-walker_.
See GADOUE.
GALVAUDEUX, _m._ (popular), _lazy vagabond_, or “raff;” _disorderly
fellow_; _bad workman_.
GAMBETTES, _f. pl._ (popular), _legs_. From the old word gambe, _leg_.
Jouer des ----, _to run_. See PATATROT.
GAMBIER, _f._ (popular), _cutty pipe_. From the name of the
manufacturer.
GAMBILLARD, _m._ (popular), _active_, _restless man_.
GAMBILLER (popular), _to dance_, “to shake a leg.” Is used by Molière
with the signification of _to agitate the legs_:--
Oui de le voir gambiller les jambes en haut devant tout le
monde.--_Monsieur de Pourceaugnac._
GAMBILLES, _f. pl._ (popular), _legs_, or “pins.”
GAMBILLEUR, _m._ (familiar), _political quack_; (thieves’) _dancer_;
---- de tourtouse, _rope-dancer_.
GAMBILLEUSE, _f._ (popular), _girl who makes it a practice of attending
dancing halls_.
GAMBRIADE, _f._ (thieves’), _dance_.
GAME, _f._ (thieves’), _hydrophobia_.
GAMELAD (Breton cant), _porringer_.
GAMELER (thieves’), _to inform against one_, “to blow the gaff.”
GAMELLE, _f._ (sailors’), aux amours, _mistress_. (Popular and
thieves’) Attacher une ----, _to decamp_, _to run away_. See PATATROT.
GAMME, _f._ (popular), _thrashing_, or “wallopping.” Faire chanter une
----, or monter une ----, _to thrash_, “to lead a dance.” See VOIE. The
expression is used by Scarron:--
Avec Dame Junon sa femme,
Qui souvent lui chante la game.
GANACHE, _f._ (theatrical), jouer les père ----, _to perform in the
character of a foolish old fellow_. Properly ganache, _an old fool_, “a
doddering old sheep’s head.”
GANCE, _f._ (thieves’), _a gang_, or “mob.” The Slang Dictionary says
“mob” signifies _a thief’s immediate companions_, as “our own mob.”
GANDILLE, _f._ (thieves’), _sword_, or “poker;” _dagger_, or “cheery;”
_knife_, or “chive.”
GANDIN, _m._ (familiar), _dandy_, or “masher.” Literally a frequenter
of the “Boulevard de Gand,” now Boulevard des Italiens. For list
of synonymous expressions see GOMMEUX. (Second-hand clothes-men’s)
Gandin, _fine words to attract purchasers_. Monter un ----, _to entice
a purchaser in_; _to get a customer_. (Thieves’) Gandin, a “job” _in
preparation, or quite prepared_; ---- d’altèque, _the insignia of any
order_. Hisser un ----, _to deceive_, “to kid,” or “to best.” See
JOBARDER.
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