Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new ParisBarrère, Albert
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Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris
Barrère, Albert
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MALADIE, _f._ (familiar and popular), de neuf mois, _pregnancy_, or
“white swelling.” The allusion is obvious. (Popular) Maladie! _an
ejaculation of disgust which may be rendered by_ “rot!” (Thieves’)
Maladie, _imprisonment_, the convict being an inmate of “l’hôpital,” or
_prison_.
MALADROITS, _m. pl._ (cavalry), sonnerie des ----, _trumpet call for
infantry drill_.
MALAISÉE, _f._ (popular), faire danser la ---- à quelqu’un, _to thrash
one_, “to lead one a dance.” For synonyms see VOIE.
MALANDREUX, _adj._ (popular), _ill_, “seedy, or hipped;” _ill at ease_.
MALAPATTE, _m._ (popular), _clumsy man_, “cripple.” Literally mal à la
patte.
MALASTIQUÉ, _m._ (military), _dirty_; _slovenly_.
MALDINE, _f._ (popular), “_pension bourgeoise,” or boarding house_;
_boarding school_. Literally a place where one does not get a good
dinner.
MALFRAT, _m._ (popular), _scamp_, “bad egg.”
MALHEUR! (popular), _an ejaculation of disgust_, “rot!” “hang it all!”
Malheur!... Tiens, vous prenez du vent’e
Ah! bon, chaleur! J’comprends l’tableau!
=GILL.=
MALINGRER (thieves’), _to suffer_. From malingre, which formerly had
the signification of _ill_, and now means _weakly_.
MALINGREUX, _adj._ (popular), _weak_. In olden times _a variety of
mendicants_.
Malingreux sont ceux qui ont des maux ou plaies, dont
la plupart ne sont qu’en apparence; ils truchent sur
l’entiffe.--_Le Jargon de l’Argot._
MALLE, _f._ (popular), faire sa ----, _to die_, “to kick the bucket,
to snuff it, to stick one’s spoon in the wall.” See PIPE. (Military)
Malle, _lock-up_, or “mill.”
En voilà assez, faut en finir: tout le peloton couchera à
la malle ce soir.--=G. COURTELINE.=
MALOUSE, _f._ (thieves’), _box_, or “peter.”
MAL PENSANTS (clericals’), les journaux ----, _anti-clerical
newspapers_.
Les journaux “mal pensants” ne manquent jamais de relater
ces esclandres. Aussi, pour que la quantité ne puisse en
être connue, l’archevêque a autorisé les prêtres du diocèse
à ne pas porter la tonsure.--=LÉO TAXIL.=
MAL-RASÉS, _m. pl_. (military), _sappers_; thus called on account of
their long beards.
MALTAIS, _m._ (popular), _low eating-house_, a “grub ken.”
MALTAISE, or MALTÈSE, _f._ (old cant), _gold coin_. According to V.
Hugo, the coin was used on board the convict galleys of Malta. Hence
the expression.
MALTOUSE, or MALTOUZE, _f._ (thieves’), _smuggling_. Pastiquer la
----, _to smuggle_.
MALTOUSIER, _m._ (thieves’), _smuggler_.
MALVAS, _m._ (popular), _scamp_. From the Provençal.
MALZINGUE, _m._ (thieves’), _landlord of wine-shop_; _wine-shop_.
Allons, venez casser un grain de raisin.--Nous entrâmes
chez le malzingue le plus voisin.--=VIDOCQ.= (_Come and
have a glass of wine.--We entered the first wine-shop we
came to._)
MAN (Breton cant), _to kiss_.
MANCHE, _m. and f._ (popular). Déposer ses bouts de ----, _to die_, “to
kick the bucket.” For synonyms see PIPE. (Mountebanks’) Faire la ----,
_to make a collection of money_, or “break.”
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