LÉGITIME, _m. and f._ (familiar), _husband_, or “oboleklo;” _wife_, or “tart.” Manger sa ----, _to squander one’s fortune_. LÉGUME, _m._ (military), gros ----, _field officer_, or “bloke.” An allusion to his epaulets, termed “graine d’épinards.” LÉGUMISTE, _m._ (familiar), _vegetarian_. LEM, parler en ----, _mode of disguising words_ by prefixing the letter “l,” and adding the syllabic “em” preceded by the first letter of the word; thus “boucher” becomes “loucherbem.” This mode was first used by butchers, and is now obsolete. See LAMPAGNE. LENQUETRÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _thirty sous_. The word “trente” disguised. LENTILLE, _f._ (thieves’), grosse ----, _moon_, “parish lantern.” LÉON, _m._ (thieves’), _the president of the assize court_. LERMON, _m._ (thieves’), _tin_. LERMONNER (thieves’), _to tin_. LESBIEN, _m._ (literary), formerly termed lesbin, explained by quotation:-- Lesbin, pour dire un jeune homme ou garçon qui sert de sucube à un autre et qui souffre qu’on commette la sodomie sur lui.--=LE ROUX=, _Dict. Comique_. LESBIENNE, _f._ (common). Rigaud says: “Femme qui suit les errements de Sapho; celle qui cultive le genre de dépravation attribué à Sapho la Lesbienne.” LESCAILLER. See LASCAILLER. LÉSÉBOMBE, or LÉSÉE, _f._ (popular), _prostitute_, or “mot.” For synonymous expressions see GADOUE. LESSIVAGE, _m._ (popular), _selling of property_; (thieves’) _pleading_. LESSIVANT, _m._ (thieves’), _counsel_, or “mouthpiece.” LESSIVE, _f._ (popular), de gascon, _doubtful cleanliness_. Faire la ----, _to turn one’s dirty shirt-collar or cuffs on the clean side_. (Literary) Faire sa ----, _to sell books sent to one by authors_. (Thieves’) Lessive, _speech for the defence_. The prisoner compares himself to dirty linen, to be washed snow-white by the counsel. LESSIVER (thieves’), _is said of a barrister who pleads in behalf of a prisoner_. Se faire ----, _to be cleaned out at some game_, “to have blewed one’s tin,” or “to be a muck-snipe,” or in sporting slang a “muggins.” LESSIVEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _counsel_, or “mouthpiece.” Literally _one who washes_. LETERN (Breton cant), _eye_. LETEZ (Breton cant), _countryman_. LETEZEN (Breton cant), _pancake_. LETTRE, _f._ (thieves’), de Jérusalem, _letter written by a prisoner to someone outside the prison, to request that some money may be sent him_; ---- de couronne (obsolete), _cup_. LEVAGE, _m._ (popular), _swindle_; _successful gallantry_. LEVÉ, _adj._ (general), had formerly the signification of _to be tracked by a bailiff who has found one’s whereabouts_. LEVÉE, _f._ (popular), _wholesale arrest of prostitutes_. LÈVE-PIEDS, _m._ (thieves’), _ladder_; _steps_, or “dancers.” Embarder sur le ----, _to go down the steps_, “to lop down the dancers.” LEVER (printers’), la lettre, or les petits clous, _to compose_; (popular) ---- boutique, _to set up as a tradesman_.