(termed “tool or little snakesman” in the English cant), _is employed in this kind of robbery, by burglars, to enter small apertures and to open doors for the others outside_ (Pierre Delcourt, _Paris Voleur_). Le ----, or vol au rigolo, _appropriating the contents of a cash-box opened by means of a skeleton key_. Le Pince-Monseigneur perfectionné, se porte aujourd’hui dans un étui à cigares et dans un porte-monnaie ... les voleurs au rigolo ouvrent aujourd’hui toutes les caisses.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude._ Le ----, or vol au suif, _variety of card-sharping swindle_. Il s’opère par un grec qui rôde chez les marchands de vin, dans les cafés borgnes, pour dégotter, en bon suiffeur, une frimousse de pante ou de daim.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude._ Le ----, or vol au timbre, _a tobacconist is asked for a large number of stamps, which the thief carefully encloses in an envelope. Suddenly, when about to pay for them, he finds he has forgotten his purse, returns the envelope containing the stamps to the tradesman and leaves to fetch the necessary sum. Needless to say, the envelope is empty._ Le ----, or vol au tiroir, _the thief enters a tobacconist’s or spirit shop, and asks for a cigar or glass of spirits. When the tradesman opens his till to give change, snuff is thrown into his eyes, thus making him helpless_. This class of thieves is termed in the English cant “sneeze-lurkers.” GRINCHISSEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief_, or “prig,” see GRINCHE; ---- de bogues, _pickpocket who devotes his attention to watches_, a “toy-getter,” or “tooler.” GRINGUE, _f._ (popular), _bread_, or “soft tommy;” _food_, or “prog.” GRIPIE, _m._ (thieves’), _miller_. See GRIBIS. GRIPPE, _f._ (thieves’), chevalier de la ----, _thief_, or “prig.” See GRINCHE. GRIPPE-CHEVILLE (thieves’), faire ----, _to steal_, “to claim.” See GRINCHIR. GRIPPE-FLEUR, GRIPIE, GRIPPIS, _m._ (thieves’), _miller_. Termed “Grindoff” in English slang. GRIPPE-JÉSUS, _m._ (thieves’), _gendarme_. Parcequ’ils arrêtent les innocents et qu’ils n’ont pas même épargné Jésus.--=NISARD.= GRIPPEMINI, _m._ (obsolete), _barrister_, or “mouthpiece;” _lawyer_, “sublime rascal, or green bag;” _extortioner_. From grippeminaud, _thief_. GRIPPER (thieves’), _to apprehend_, “to smug.” See PIPER. Rabelais uses the term with the signification of _to seize_:-- Parmy eulx règne la sexte essence, moyennant laquelle ils grippent tout, dévorent tout et conchient tout. GRIPPERIE, _f._ (popular), _theft_ (obsolete). GRIPPIS, GRIPIE, GRIPPE-FLEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _miller_. GRIS, _adj. and m._ (thieves’), _dear_; _wind_; (popular) ---- d’officier, _slight intoxication_; ---- jusqu’à la troisième capucine, _completely drunk_, or “slewed.” Capucine, _a musket band_. GRISAILLE, _f._ (popular), _sister of mercy_. An allusion to the grey costume worn by sisters of mercy. GRISES, _f. pl._ (general), en faire voir de ----, _to lead one a hard life_. GRISETTE. See BIFTECK.