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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GAUCHER, GAUCHIER, _m._ (familiar), _member of the Left whether in the
Assemblée Nationale or Senate_.
GAUDILLE, or GANDILLE, _f._ (thieves’), _sword_, or “poker.”
GAUDINEUR, _m._ (popular), _house decorator_. Probably from gaudir,
_to be merry_, house decorators having the reputation of being
light-hearted.
GAUDISSARD, _m._ (familiar), _commercial traveller_, from the name of a
character of Balzac’s; _practical joker_; _jovial man_.
GAUDRIOLER (familiar), equivalent to “dire des gaudrioles,” _to make
jests of a slightly licentious character_.
GAUDRIOLEUR, _m._ (familiar), _one fond of_ gaudrioler (which see).
GAUFRES, _f. pl._ (popular), faire des ----, _is said of pock-marked
persons who kiss one another_. Moule à ----, _pock-marked face_, or
“cribbage-faced.”
GAULE, _f._ (popular), d’omnicroche, _omnibus conductor_. Une gaule,
properly _a pole_. (Thieves’) Gaules de schtard, _bars of a cell
window_.
GAULÉ, _m._ (popular), _cider_.
GAUX, _m._ (thieves’), _lice_, “grey-backed uns;” ---- picantis,
_lice in clothing_. Basourdir les ----, _to kill lice_.
GAVE, _adj. and f._ (popular and thieves’), _drunken man_,
“lushington;” _stomach_.
Va encore à l’cave,
Du cidre il faut
Plein la gave,
Du cidre il faut
Plein l’gaviot.
=RICHEPIN.=
Etre ----, _to be intoxicated_. See POMPETTE.
GAVÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _drunkard_. Faire les gavés, _to rob drunkards_;
_to go_ “bug-hunting.” (Popular) Gavé, _term of contempt applied to
rich people_. From gaver, _to glut_.
Y a des gens qui va en sapins,
En omnibus et en tramways,
Tous ces gonc’s-là, c’est des clampins,
Des richards, des muf’s, des gavés.
=RICHEPIN.=
GAVEAU, _m._ (thieves’), tortiller le ----, _to kill one by
strangulation_.
GAVIOLÉ. See GAVÉ.
GAVIOT, _m._ (popular), _throat_; _mouth_. See PLOMB. Figuratively
_stomach_.
Mais quoi! ces ventrus sur leurs pieds
N’peuvent plus supporter leur gaviot.
=RICHEPIN.=
GAVOT. See GAVÉ.
GAVROCHE, _m._ (familiar), _Paris street boy_. Faire le ----, _to talk
or act as an impudent boy_.
GAY, _adj._ (thieves’), _ugly_; _queer_, or “rum.”
GAYE. See GALIOTE.
GAYET, _m._ (thieves’), _horse_, or “prad.” Termed also “gail.” La
cognade à ----, _mounted police_. Des gayets, _rogues who prowl about
the suburbs just outside the gates of Paris_.
C’étaient des rôdeurs de barrière ... c’étaient des
gayets.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude._
GAZ, _m._ (popular), allumer son ----, _to look attentively_, “to
stag.” Eteindre son ----, _to sleep_, “to doss;” _to die_, “to snuff
it.” See PIPE. Prendre un coup de ----, _to have a dram of spirits_.
GAZETTE, _f._ (familiar), lire la ----, _to eat nothing_.
GAZIER, _m._ (popular), _humbug_.
GAZON, _m._ (popular), _wig_, or “periwinkle;” _hair_, or “thatch.”
N’avoir plus de ---- sur la plate-bande, or sur le pré, _to be bald_.
See AVOIR. Se ratisser le ----, _to comb one’s hair_.
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