LARRONS, _m. pl._ (printers’), _odd pieces of paper which adhere to sheets in the press, producing_ “moines” _or blanks_. LARTIF, LARTIE, LARTON, _m._ (thieves’), _bread_, “pannum.” Termed also “briffe, broute, pierre dure, artie, arton, brignolet, bringue, boule de son, bricheton.” LARTILLE À PLAFOND, _f._ (thieves’), PASTRY. LARTIN, _m._ (old cant), _beggar_, “maunderer.” LARTON, _m._ (thieves’), _bread_, “pannum;” ---- brutal, _black bread_; ---- savonné, _white bread_. LARTONNIER, _m._ (thieves’), _baker_. From larton, _bread_. In the English popular lingo a “dough-puncher.” LASCAILLER (thieves’), _to void urine_, “to pump ship.” For synonyms see LÂCHER. LASCAR, _m._ (military), _bold, devil-may-care fellow_. Allons, mes lascars! _now, boys!_ Alors il se frottait les mains, faisait des blagues, ricanait: Eh! eh! mes lascars, il y a du bon pour le “chose,” ce soir!--=G. COURTELINE.= The term is also used disparagingly with the signification of _bad soldiers_. Là-dessus, en arrière, à droite, et à gauche ... marche! A vos écuries, tas de lascars.--=G. COURTELINE.= (Thieves’) Lascar, _fellow_. Tous les lascars à l’atelier pouvaient turbiner à leur gré. Moi, je n’avais pas plus tôt le dos tourné à mon ouvrage pour grignoter mon lartif (pain) ou pour chiquer mon Saint-père (tabac), que le louchon était sur mon dos pour m’écoper.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude._ LAS DE CHIER, _m._ (popular), grand ----, _big skulking fellow without any energy_. LATEN (Breton slang), _tongue_. LATENNI (Breton slang), _to chatter_. LATIF, _m._ (thieves’), _white linen_, “lully,” or “snowy.” LATIN, _m._ (thieves’), _lingo_, _cant_, “flash, thieves’ Latin.” The word meant formerly _language_. LATINE, _f._ (students’), _student’s mistress_. From “Quartier Latin,” a part of Paris where students mostly dwell. LATTE, _f._ (military), _cavalry sword_. Se ficher un coup de ----, _to fight a duel_. LAUMIR (old cant), _to lose_, “to blew.” LAUNE, _m._ (thieves’), _police officer_, or “copper.” For synonymous expressions see POT-À-TABAC. LAURE, _f._ (thieves’), _brothel_, “nanny-shop, or academy.” Concerning the inmates of a clandestine establishment of that description in London, Mr. James Greenwood says:-- They belong utterly and entirely to the devil in human shape who owns the den that the wretched harlot learns to call her “home.” You would never dream of the deplorable depth of her destitution if you met her in her gay attire ... she is absolutely poorer than the meanest beggar that ever whined for a crust. These women are known as “dress lodgers.”--_The Seven Curses of London_. LAVABE, _m._ (popular), _note of hand_; _theatre ticket at reduced price given to people who in return agree to applaud at a given signal_. LAVAGE, _m._, or LESSIVE, _f._ (general), _sale of one’s property_; also _sale of property at considerable loss_. Barbet n’avait pas prévu ce lavage; il croyait au talent de Lucien.--=BALZAC.=