Du reste, la bande de grévistes ... ne viendrait plus à cette heure; quelque obstacle avait dû l’arrêter, des gendarmes peut être.--=ZOLA=, _Germinal_. GRÉZILLON, _m._ (popular), _pinch_. GRIBIS, GRIPIE, GRIPPIS, GRIPPE-FLEUR (thieves’), _miller_. Il y avait en un certain tourniquet un gribis qui ne fichait rien que floutière aux bons pauvres.--_Le Jargon de l’Argot._ (_There used to be in a certain mill a miller who never gave anything to the worthy poor._) GRIBLAGE, CRIBLAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _shout_, _shouting_; (popular) _complaint_, _grumbling_. GRIE, _m._, GRIELLE, _f. adj._ (thieves’), _cold_. GRIFFARD, GRIFFON, _m._ (popular), _cat_. Griffe, _claw_. GRIFFARDE, _f._ (thieves’), _pen_. GRIFFER (popular), _to seize_, “to collar;” _to take_; _to purloin_, “to prig.” GRIFFETON, _m._ (popular), _soldier_, or “wobbler.” From grive, grivier, _a soldier_. GRIFFLEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _chief warder in a prison_, “head screw.” GRIFFON, _m._ (thieves’), _writer_. GRIFFONNANTE, _f._ (thieves’), _pen_. Griffonner, _to write a scrawl_. GRIFFONNER (thieves’), _to swear_. GRIFFONNEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _one who swears_; (popular) ---- de babillards, _journalist_. GRIFLER (thieves’), _to take_, “to grab.” GRIFON (Breton cant), _dog_. GRIGNOLET, _m._ (popular), _bread_, “soft tommy.” GRIGNON, _m._ (thieves’), _judge_, “beak.” Probably from “grigner les dents,” _to show one’s teeth threateningly_, or from “grognon.” GRILLÉE, _adj._ (familiar), _absinthe_; _absinthe with sugar_. The sugar is held over the glass on a small grating (grille), until gradually melted by the liquid poured over it. GRILLER (popular), quelqu’un, _to lock up one_, “to run in;” _to deceive one_ (_conjugally_). En ---- une, _to smoke a pipe or cigarette_. En ---- une sèche, _to smoke a cigarette_. Griller une bouffarde, _to smoke a pipe_. Au gardien de la paix ... sa consigne lui défend de boire et de fumer. Ni boire un verre, ni griller une bouffarde! Voilà la consigne.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude._ GRILLEUSE DE BLANC, _f._ (popular), _ironer_. From griller, _to toast_, _to singe_. GRIMER (popular), _to arrest_. See PIPER. Se ----, _to get drunk_, or “screwed.” Properly _to paint one’s face_. For synonyms see SCULPTER. GRIMOIRE, _m._ (thieves’), _penal code_; ---- mouchique, _judicial documents_; _act of indictment_. GRIMOIRIER, _m._ (thieves’), _clerk of arraigns_. GRIMPANT, _adj. and m._ (thieves’), chevalier ----, voleur au bonjour, donneur de bonjour, or bonjourier, _thief who enters a house, pretending to be mistaken when discovered, and steals any property worth taking_. (Popular) Un grimpant, _trousers_, “sit-upons, or kicks.” (Popular and thieves’) Les grimpants, _staircase_; _steps_, or “dancers.” (Military) Grand ---- tropical, _riding breeches_. GRIMPE-CHATS, _m._ (popular), _roof_. GRINCHAGE (thieves’), for GRINCHISSAGE, which see.