ALLUMEUR, _m._, _confederate at auction rooms_ (see ALLUME); _thief who gets workmen into a state of intoxication on pay day, after which they are seen home, and robbed of their earnings by his confederates, the “meneuses” and “travailleurs,”_ or “bug hunters;” _gambling cheat who plays as if he were one of the general public, and who otherwise sets a game going_, a “buttoner,” or “decoy-duck.” ALLUMEURS, _m. pl._ (military), de gaz, _lancers_. An allusion to their weapon, which has some resemblance with a lamp-lighter’s rod. ALLUMEUSE, _f._, _woman who seeks to entice passers-by into patronizing a house of ill fame_. ALMANACH, _m._ (popular), des vingt-cinq mille adresses, _girl or woman of dissolute character_, “public ledger.” See GADOUE. ALPAGA, ALPAG, _m._ (popular), _coat_, “tog,” or “Benjamin.” ALPAGUE (popular), _clothing_, “toggery,” _coat_, “Benjamin.” ALPHONSE (familiar), _man who protects prostitutes, ill-treats them often, and lives off their earnings_, “pensioner.” These worthies go also by the names of “dos, barbeau, chevalier de la guiche, marlou,” &c. See POISSON. ALPHONSISME (familiar), _the calling of an Alphonse_. ALPION (gamesters’), _man who cheats at cards_, _one who_ “bites.” ALTÈQUE (thieves’), _manly_, “spry,” _handsome_, _excellent_, “nobby.” From altus. AMADOU, _m._, AMADOUE, _f._ (thieves’ and tramps’), _substance with which vagabonds rub their faces to give themselves a sickly, wretched appearance_. Les cagous emmènent avec sezières leurs apprentis pour leur apprendre à exercer l’argot. Premièrement, leur enseignent à acquiger de l’amadoue de plusieurs sortes, l’une avec de l’herbe qu’on nomme éclaire, pour servir aux francs-mijoux.--_Le Jargon de l’Argot._ (Popular) _man with an inflammable heart_. AMADOUAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _marriage_, “buckling.” AMADOUER, s’---- (thieves’ and tramps’), _to paint or otherwise make up one’s face with a view to deceiving people_. AMANDES, _f. pl._ (popular), de pain d’épice, _black teeth_, _few and far between_. AMANT (prostitutes’), de carton, _lover of no importance_, _a poor lover in both senses_; ---- de cœur, _one who enjoys a kept woman’s affections gratis_, _one who is loved for “love,” not money_. AMAR, AMARRE, _m._ (thieves’), _friend_, “pal,” or “Ben cull;” ---- d’attaque, _staunch friend_. AMAR-LOER (Breton cant), _rope which has served to hang one_. AMARRER (thieves’), _to act in such a manner as to deceive_, _to lay a_ “plant.” Properly _to moor_. AMATEUR (in literary men’s parlance), _writer who does not exact payment for his productions_; (in officers’ slang) _a civilian_; _an officer who gives himself little trouble in his profession, who takes it easy_; (familiar) _man who makes a living by playing at cards with people unable to leave their homes_. AMAZONE, _f._, (thieves’), _female card-sharper_. AMBASSADEUR, _m._ (popular), _shoemaker_, “snob;” (in gay girls’ slang) _a bully_. See POISSON.