BALADEUSE, _f._ (popular), _woman with no heart for work and who is fond of idly strolling about_. BALAI, _m._ (hawkers’), _police officer, or gendarme_, “crusher;” (military) ---- à plumes, _plumes of shako_. (Popular) Balai, _the last ’bus or tramcar at night_. Donner du ---- à quelqu’un, _to drive one away_. BALANCEMENT, _m._ (clerks’), _dismissal_, “the sack.” BALANCER (popular), _to throw at a distance_; ---- quelqu’un, _to dismiss from one’s employment_, “to give the sack;” _to get rid of one_; _to make fun of one_; _to hoax_, “to bamboozle;” (thieves’) ---- la rouscaillante, _to speak_, or “to rap;” ---- sa canne _is said of a vagrant who takes to thieving, of a convict who makes his escape, or of a ticket-of-leave man who breaks bounds_; ---- sa largue, _to get rid of one’s mistress_, “to bury a Moll;” ---- ses alènes, _to turn honest_; _to forsake the burglar’s implements for the murderer’s knife_; ---- ses chasses, _to gaze about_, “to stag;” ---- son chiffon rouge, _to talk_, “to wag one’s red rag;” ---- une lazagne, _to send a letter_, “screeve,” or “stiff.” BALANCEUR, _m._ (thieves’), de braise, _money changer_. An allusion to the practice of weighing money. BALANCIER, _m._ (popular), faire le ----, _to wait for one_. BALANÇOIR, BALANÇON, _m._ (thieves’), _window-bar_. BALANÇOIRE, _f._ (familiar), _fib_, “flam;” _nonsense_; _stupid joke_. Envoyer à la ----, _to get rid of one, to invite one to make himself scarce, or to send one to the deuce_. BALANÇON, _m._ (thieves’), _iron hammer_; _window-bar_. BALANDRIN, _m._ (popular), _parcel made up in canvas_; _a small pedlar’s pack_. BALAUDER (tramps’), _to beg_, “to cadge.” BALAYAGE, _m._ Properly _sweeping_; used figuratively _wholesale getting rid of_. On devrait faire un balayage dans cette administration, _there ought to be a wholesale dismissal of officials_. BALAYER (theatrical), les planches, _to be the first to sing at a concert_. BALAYEZ-MOI-ÇA, _m._ (popular), _woman’s dress_. Literally _you just sweep that away_. BALCON, _m._ (popular), il y a du monde, or il y a quelqu’un au ----, _an allusion to well-developed breasts_. BALCONNIER, _m._, _orator who makes a practice of addressing the crowd from a balcony_. BALEINE, _f._ (popular), _disreputable woman_, “bed-fagot.” Rire comme une ----, _to laugh in a silly manner with mouth wide open like a whale’s_. BALIVERNEUR, _m._ (popular), _monger of_ “twaddle,” _of tomfooleries_, _of_ “blarney.” BALLADE, _f._ (popular), aller faire une ---- à la lune, _to ease oneself_.