ARRACHER (thieves’), du chiendent, _to be on the look-out for a victim_ (chiendent, _dogs’ grass_); (popular) ---- son copeau, _to work_, “to grind” (copeau, _shaving_). ARRANGEMANER (thieves’), _to cheat_, or “to stick.” ARRANGER (swindlers’), les pantres, _to cheat the public by means of the three-card trick or other swindling dodges_. ARRANGEUR, _m._ (gamesters’), _one who sets a game going_, or “buttonner.” ARRÊTER (familiar), les frais, _to put a stop to any proceedings_. (Les frais, _the fee for a game of billiards_.) ARRIÈRE-TRAIN, _m._ (familiar), _the behind_, or “tochas.” See VASISTAS. ARRIVER PREMIER (sporting), _to be the winner_. Used figuratively to denote superiority of any kind over others. Arriver bon premier, “to beat hollow.” ARRONDIR (popular), se faire ---- le globe, _to become pregnant_, or “lumpy.” On s’a fait arrondir el’globe, On a sa p’tit’ butte, à c’qué vois.... Eh! ben, ça prouv’ qu’on n’est pas d’bois. =GILL=, _La Muse à Bibi_. ARRONDISSEMENT, _m._ (popular), chef-lieu d’----, _woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy_, “lumpy,” _or with a_ “white swelling.” ARROSAGE, _m._ (popular), _action of drinking_, _of_ “having something damp.” ARROSER (gamesters’), _to stake repeatedly on the same card_; _to make repeated sacrifices in money_; (military) ---- ses galons, _treating one’s comrades on being made a non-commissioned officer_, “paying for one’s footing;” (familiar) ---- un créancier, _to settle small portion of debt_. ARROSEUR, _m._ (thieves’), de verdouze, _gardener_, or “master of the mint.” Verdouze, for verdure. ARROSOIR, _m._ (thieves’), coup d’----, _a glass of wine_; _a watering-pot_. ARSENAL, _m._ (thieves’), _arsenic_. ARSONNER (thieves’), _to overhaul pockets_, to “frisk,” or “to rule over.” ARSOUILLE, _m._ (familiar), _a man foul in language_, _a low cad_, a “rank outsider.” The expression has passed into the language. Milor l’----, _a rich man with eccentric, low tastes_. The appellation was first given to Lord Seymour. ARSOUILLER (popular), synonymous of engueuler, to “jaw,” to “slang.” ARTHUR, _m._, _a would-be lady-killer_; also synonymous of AMANT DE CŒUR, which see. ARTHURINE, _f._ (popular), _a girl of indifferent character_, _a_ “Poll.” ARTICHAUT, _m._ (popular), cœur d’----, _fickle-hearted_. .... Cœur d’artichaut, C’est mon genre: un’ feuille pour tout l’monde, Au jour d’aujourd’hui, j’gobe la blonde; Après-d’main, c’est la brun’, qu’i m’faut. =GILL.= ARTICHE, _m._ (thieves’), retirer l’----, _to pick the pockets of a drunkard_. ARTICLE, _m._ (familiar), faire l’----, _to puff up_, “to crack up.” (Printers’) Payer son ---- quatre, _to pay for one’s footing_. An allusion to some item of a code of regulations. (Popular) Porté sur l’----, _one of an amatory disposition_. ARTICLIER, _m._, _one whose spécialité is writing newspaper articles_.