BALLE, _f._ (thieves’), _secret_; _affair_; _opportunity_. Ça fait ma ----, _that just suits me_. Manquer sa ----, _to miss one’s opportunity_. Faire ----, _to be fasting_. Faire la ----, _to act according to instructions_. (Popular) Balle, _one-franc piece_; _face_, “mug;” _head_, “block.” Il a une bonne ----, _he has a good-natured looking face, or a grotesque face_. Rond comme ----, _is said of one who has eaten or drunk to excess_; _of one who is drunk, or_ “tight.” Un blafard de cinq balles, _a five-franc piece_. (Familiar) Enfant de la ----, _actor’s child_; _actor_; _one who is of the same profession as his father_. (Prostitutes’) Balle d’amour, _handsome face_. Rude ----, _energetic countenance, with harsh features_. Balle de coton, _a blow with the fist_, a “bang,” “wipe,” “one on the mug,” or a “cant in the gills.” BALLOMANIE, _f._, _mania for ballooning_. BALLON, _m._ (popular), _glass of beer_; _the behind_, or “tochas.” Enlever le ---- à quelqu’un, _to kick one in the hinder part of the body_, “to toe one’s bum,” “to root,” or “to land a kick.” En ----, _in prison_, “in quod.” Se donner du ----, _to make a dress bulge out_. Se lâcher du ----, _to make off rapidly_, “to brush.” BALLONNÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), _imprisoned_, “in limbo.” BALLOT, _m._ (tailors’), _stoppage of work_. BALLOTER (tailors’), _to be out of work_, “out of collar;” (thieves’) _to throw_. BAL-MUSETTE, _m._, _dancing place for workpeople in the suburbs_. Les bals-musette au plancher de bois qui sonne comme un tympanon sous les talons tambourinant la bourrée montagnarde ... que la musette remplit de son chant agreste.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_. BALOCHARD, BALOCHEUR, _m._ (popular), _one who idles about town carelessly and merrily_. Aussi j’laisse l’chic et les chars, Aux feignants et aux galupiers, Et j’suis l’roi des Balochards, Des Balochards qui va-t-à pieds. =RICHPIN=, _Gueux de Paris_. BALOCHER, (popular), _to be an habitué of dancing halls_; _to bestir oneself_; _to fish in troubled waters_; _to have on hand any unlawful business_; _to move things_; _to hang them up_; _to idle about carelessly and merrily_, or “to mike.” BALOTS, _m. pl._ (thieves’), _lips_. Se graisser les ----, _to eat_, “to grub.” BALOUF (popular), _very strong_, “spry.” BALTHAZAR, _m._ (familiar), _a plentiful meal_, “a tightener.” BALUCHON, _m._ (popular), _parcel_, or “peter.” BAMBINO, BAMBOCHINO, _m._ (popular), _term of endearment for a child_. BAMBOCHE, _adj._ (popular), être ----, _to be tipsy_, or “to be screwed.” BANBAN, _m._ and _f._ (popular), _lame person_, “dot and go one;” _small stunted person_, “Jack Sprat.”