LANDIÈRE, _f._ (old cant), _stall at a fair_. On sait que le Landit était une foire célèbre qui se tenait à Saint-Denis.--MICHEL. LANDREUX, _adj._ (popular), _invalid_. LANGOUSTE, _f._ (popular), _simpleton_, _greenhorn_, “flat.” LANGUE, _f._ (familiar), verte, _slang of gamesters_. Also _slang_. The expression is Delvau’s. (Popular) Avaler sa ----, _to die_, “to kick the bucket.” See PIPE. Prendre sa ---- des dimanches, _to use choice language_. (Familiar and popular) Une ---- fourrée, _lingua duplex, id est quum basiis lingua linguæ promiscetur_ (=RIGAUD=). LANGUINEUR, _m._ (popular), _man whose functions are to examine the tongues of pigs at the slaughter-house to ascertain that they are not diseased_. LANSQUAILLER (thieves’). See LASCAILLER. LANSQUE (popular), abbreviation of lansquenet. LANSQUINAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _weeping_. LANSQUINE, _f._ (thieves’), _rain_, or “parny.” Aussi j’suis gai quand la lansquine, M’a trempé l’cuir, j’ m’essuie l’échine Dans l’vent qui passe et m’fait joli. =RICHEPIN.= Lansquiner (thieves’ and cads’), _to rain_; ---- des chasses, _to weep_, “to nap a bib.” LANTEOZ (Breton cant), _butter_. LANTERNE, _f._ (popular), _window_, “jump.” Radouber la ----, _to talk_, _to tattle_. The expression is old. Avoir la ----, or se taper sur la ----, _to be hungry_, “to be bandied, or to cry cupboard.” Vieille ----, _old prostitute_. See GADOUE. (Popular) Lanternes de cabriolet, _large goggle eyes_. Oh! c’est vrai! t’as les yeux comme les lanternes de ton cabriolet.--=GAVARNI.= LANTIMÈCHE, _m._ (popular), _lamp-lighter_; _also a word equivalent to_ “thingumbob.” Il a filé avec ---- pour mener les poules pisser, _a derisive reply to one inquiring about the whereabouts of a person_. LANTURLU, _m._ (popular), _madcap_. LAOU PHARAOU (Breton cant), _body lice_. LAPIN, _m._ (popular), _apprentice_. Des lapins, _shoes_, or “trotter-cases.” (Familiar and popular) Lapin, _a clever or sturdy fellow_. Ah! tu es un lapin! ... lui disaient tous ceux qu’il abordait, il paraît que tu viens de faire une fameuse découverte! on parle de toi pour la croix!--=E. GABORIAU=, _M. Lecoq_. Etre en ----, _to ride by the side of the coachman_. Un ---- de gouttière, _cat_, or “long-tailed beggar.” Coller or poser un ----, _to deceive_, _to take in_, “to bilk.” It is said the expression draws its origin from the practice of certain sportsmen who used to invite themselves to dinner at some friend’s house in the country, and repaid their host by leaving a rabbit as a compensation. The _Slang Dictionary_ says that when a person gets the worst of a bargain he is said “to have bought the rabbit,” from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner for a rabbit. With reference to deceiving prostitutes the act is described in the English slang as “doing a bilk.”