(Military) Gros bonnet, _officer of high rank_, “bloke;” ---- frères, ---- lolos, or ---- talons, _the cuirassiers_; ---- légumes, _field-officers_. A play on the words “épaulettes à graines d’épinards,” _the insignia of such officers_. The word gros, considered as the masculine of “grosse,” synonymous of “enceinte,” was formerly used with the signification of _impatient_, _longing_, alluding to the uncontrollable desires which are sometimes manifested by women in a state of pregnancy. Thus people would express their eagerness by such ridiculous phrases as, “Je suis gros de vous voir, de boire avec vous, de le connaître.” GROSSE, _adj. f._ (popular), caisse, _the body_, or “apple cart;” ---- cavalerie, _staff of scavengers_, or “rake kennels,” an allusion to their big boots; ---- culotte, _drunkard_. (Convicts’) Grosse cavalerie, _scum of the hulks_, _desperate scoundrels_; and, in theatrical language, _supernumeraries of the ballet_. (Tramcar conductors’) Aller voir les grosses têtes, _to drive the first morning car to Bineau_, this part of Paris being inhabited by substantial people. GROSSIOT, _m._ (popular), _person of good standing_, a “swell.” GROTTE, _f._ (thieves’), _the hulks_. Gerbé à la ----, _sentenced to transportation_, or “lagged.” Aller à la ----, _to be transported_, “to lump the lighter.” GROUCHY, _m._ (printers’), petit ----, _one who is late_; _small job, the composition of which has been delayed_. An allusion to the alleged tardiness of General Grouchy at Waterloo. GROUILLER (sailors’), attrape à ne pas ----, _mind you do not move_. Attrape à ne pas grouiller, fit le vieux.... Tu perdrais ton souffle à lui courir après.--=RICHEPIN=, _La Glu_. GROUILLIS-GROUILLOT, _m._ (popular), _swarm_, _crowd_, or “scuff.” GROUIN, _m._ (popular), _face_, or “mug.” Properly _snout_. Se lécher le ----, _to kiss one another_. Donner un coup de ---- (obsolete), _to kiss_. GROULE, GROULASSE, _f._ (popular), _female apprentice_; _small servant_; _young_ “slavey,” or “marchioness.” GROUMER (popular), _to grumble_. GRUBLER (thieves’), _to grumble_; _to growl_. Vous grublez comme un guichemard.--=RICHEPIN.= (_You growl like a jailer._) GRUE, _f._ (familiar), _more than fast girl_; _kept woman_, or “demi-rep;” _foolish, empty-headed girl or woman_. GRUERIE, _f._ (familiar), _stupidity_. GRUN (Breton cant), _chin_. GRUYÈRE, _m._ (popular), morceau de ----, _pockmarked face_, or “cribbage face.” GUADELOUPE, _f._ (popular), _mouth_, or “rattle-trap.” Charger pour la ----, _to eat_. See MASTIQUER. GUANO, _m._ (popular), _excrement_, or “quaker.” An allusion to the guano of South America. GUÉDOUZE, or GUÉTOUSE, _f._ (thieves’), _death_. GUELDRE, _f._ (fishermens’), _bait prepared with shrimps for the fishing of sardines_.