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Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new ParisBarrère, Albert

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Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris

Name: Argot and slang : $b a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris
Author: Barrère, Albert

Barrère, Albert

French language -- Dictionaries -- English; French language -- Slang -- Dictionaries

BLANCHEMONT, _m._ (thieves’), pivois de ----, _white wine_.

BLANCHES, _f. pl._ (printers’). The different varieties of type are:
“blanches, grasses, maigres, allongées, noires, larges, ombrées,
perlées, l’Anglaise, l’Américaine, la grosse Normande.”

BLANCHI, _adj._ (popular), mal ----, _negro_, or “darkey.”

BLANCHIR (journalists’), _to make many breaks in one’s manuscript_,
_much fresh-a-lining_.

BLANCHISSEUR, _m._ (popular), _barrister_; (literary) _one who revises
a manuscript_, _who gives it the proper literary form._

BLANCHISSEUSE DE TUYAUX DE PIPE (popular), _variety of prostitute_. See
GADOUE.

BLANC-PARTOUT, _m._ (popular), _pastry-cook’s boy_.

  Plus généralement connu sous le nom de gâte-sauce, désigné
  aussi sous le nom de blanc-partout, le patronnet est ce
  petit bout d’homme que l’on rencontre environ tous les cinq
  cents pas.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_.

BLANCS, _m. pl._ (familiar), d’Eu, _partisans of the D’Orléans family_;
---- d’Espagne, _Carlists_.

BLANC-VILAIN, _m._ (popular), _man whose functions consist in throwing
poisoned meat to wandering dogs_.

BLANQUETTE, _f._ (thieves’), _silver coin_; _silver plate_.

  Il tira de sa poche onze couverts d’argent et deux montres
  d’or qu’il posa sur le guéridon. 400 balles tout cela,
  ce n’est pas cher, les bogues d’Orient et la blanquette,
  allons aboule du carle.--=VIDOCQ=, _Mémoires_.

BLANQUETTER (thieves’), _to silver_.

BLANQUETTIER (thieves’), _silverer_.

BLARD, or BLAVARD, _m._ (thieves’), _shawl_.

BLASÉ, E, _adj._ (thieves’), _swollen_. From the German blasen, _to
blow_.

BLAVE, BLAVIN, _m._ (thieves’), _handkerchief_, “muckinger” (from the
old word blave, _blue_); _necktie_, “neckinger.”

BLAVIN, _m._ (thieves’), _pocket-pistol_, “pops.” An allusion to
blavin, _pocket-handkerchief_.

BLAVINISTE, _m._ (thieves’), _pickpocket who devotes his attention to
handkerchiefs_, “stook hauler.”

BLÉ, BLÉ BATTU, _m._ (popular), _money_, “loaver.”

BLÈCHE, _adj._, _middling_; _bad_; _ugly_. Faire banque ----, _not to
get any pay_. Faire ----, _to make a_ “bad” _at a game, such as the
game of fives for instance_.

BLEU, _m._ (military), _recruit_, or “Johnny raw;” _new-comer at the
cavalry school of Saumur_; (thieves’) _cloak_; _also name given to
Republican soldiers by the Royalist rebels of Brittany in 1793_. After
1815 the Monarchists gave the appellation to Bonapartists. (Popular)
Petit ----, _red wine_. Avoir un coup d’----, _to be slightly tipsy_,
“elevated.” See POMPETTE.

    Quand j’siffle un canon...
    C’est pas pour faire l’pantre.
    C’est qu’ j’ai plus d’cœur au ventre...
    Après un coup d’bleu.

    =RICHEPIN=, _Chanson des Gueux_.

(Familiar) Bleu, _adj._ _astounding_; _incredible_; _hard to stomach_.
En être ----; en bailler tout ----; en rester tout ----, _to be
stupefied, much annoyed or disappointed_, “to look blue;” _to be
suddenly in a great rage_. (Theatrical) Etre ----, _to be utterly
worthless_.

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