BATACLAN, _m._ (popular), _set of tools_; (thieves’) _house-breaking implements_, or “jilts.” J’ai déjà préparé tout mon bataclan, les fausses clefs sont essayées.--=VIDOCQ=, _Mémoires_. BATAILLE, _f._, (military), chapeau en ----, _cocked hat worn crosswise_. Chapeau en colonne, _the opposite of_ “en bataille.” BÂTARD, _m._ (popular), _heap of anything_. BATE, _f._, (popular), être de la ----, _to be happy, fortunate_, _to have_ “cocum.” BATEAU, _m._ (popular), mener en ----, _to swindle_, _to deceive_. Monter un ----, _to impose upon_; _to attempt to deceive_. BATEAUX, _m. pl._ (popular), _shoes_, “carts;” _large shoes_; _shoes that let in water_. BATEAUX-MOUCHES, _m. pl._ (popular), _large shoes_. BATELÉE, _f._ (popular), _concourse of people_. BATH, or BATE (popular), _fine_; _excellent_; _tip-top_; _very well_. The origin of the expression is as follows:--Towards 1848 some Bath note-paper of superior quality was hawked about in the streets of Paris and sold at a low price. Thus “papier bath” became synonymous of excellent paper. In a short time the qualifying term alone remained, and received a general application. Un foulard tout neuf, ce qu’il y a de plus bath!--=RICHEPIN.= C’est rien ----, _that is excellent_, “fizzing.” C’est ---- aux pommes, _it is delightful_. (Thieves’) Du ----, _gold or silver_. Faire ----, _to arrest_. BATIAU, _m._ (printers’), jour du ----, _day on which the compositor makes out his account for the week_. Parler ----, _to talk shop_. BATIF, _m._ (thieves’), BATIVE, BATIFONNE _f._, _new_; _pretty_, or “dimber.” La fée est bative, _the girl is pretty_, _she is a_ “dimber mort.” BATIMANCHO (Breton), _wooden shoes_. BÂTIMENT (familiar), être du ----, _to be of a certain profession_. BÂTIR (popular), sur le devant, _to have a large stomach_; _to have something like a_ “corporation” _growing upon one_. BÂTON, _m._ (thieves’), creux, _musket_, or “dag;” ---- de cire, _leg_; ---- de réglisse, _police officer_, “crusher,” “copper,” or “reeler;” _priest_, or “devil dodger” (mountebanks’) ---- de tremplin, _leg_. Properly tremplin, _a spring board_; (familiar) ---- merdeux, _man whom it is not easy to deal with, who cannot be humoured_; (thieves’) ---- rompu, _ticket-of-leave convict who has broken bounds_. Termed also “canne, trique, tricard, fagot, cheval de retour.” BÂTONS DE CHAISE, _m. pl._ (popular), noce de ----, _grand jollification_, “flare up,” or “break down.” BATOUSE, BATOUZE, _f._ (thieves’), _canvas_; ---- toute battante, _new canvas_. BATOUSIER, _m._ (thieves’), _weaver_. BATTAGE (popular), _lie_, “gag;” _imposition_; _joke_; _humbug_; _damage to any article_. BATTANT, _m._ (thieves’), _heart_, “panter;” _stomach_; _throat_, “red lane;” _tongue_, “jibb.” Un bon ----, _a nimble tongue_. Se pousser dans le ----, _to drink_, “to lush.” Faire trimer le ----, _to eat_. BATTANTE, _f._ (popular), _bell_, or “ringer.” BATTAQUA, _m._ (popular), _slatternly woman, dowdy_.