Chapter C (1)

C, _m._ (popular), être un ----, _to be an arrant fool_. Euphemism for a coarse word of three letters with which the walls are often adorned; ---- comme la lune, _extremely stupid_.

ÇA (popular), être ----, _to be the right sort_. C’est un peu ----, _that’s excellent_, “fizzing.” Avoir de ----, _to be wealthy_. (Familiar) Ça manque de panache, _it lacks finish or dash_. Elle a de ----, _she has a full, well-developed figure_.

CAB, _m._ (abbreviation of cabotin), _contemptuous expression applied to actors_; _third-rate actor_, or “surf.”

CAB, CABOU (thieves’ and popular), _dog_, “tyke.” Le ---- jaspine, _the dog barks_.

CABANDE, _f._ (popular), _candle_, or “glim.” Estourbir la ----, _to blow the candle out_.

CABAS, _m._ (popular), _old hat_. Une mère ----, _rapacious old woman_. Properly, cabas, _a woman’s bag_.

CABASSER (popular), _to chatter, to gabble; to delude_, or “bamboozle;” _to steal_, “to prig.”

CABASSEUR, _m._ (popular), _scandal-monger_; _thief_, “prig.” See GRINCHE.

CABE, _m._ (students’), _third year student at the Ecole Normale_, a higher training school for professors, and one which holds the first rank among Colleges of the University of France; (popular) _a dog_. See CABO.

CABERMON, _m._ (thieves’), _wine-shop_, “lush-crib.” A corruption of cabaret.

CABESTAN, _m._ (thieves’), _police inspector_; _police officer_, “crusher,” “pig,” “copper,” or “reeler.”

CABILLOT, _m._ (sailors’), _soldier_, “lobster.”

CÂBLE À RIMOUQUE, _m._ (fishermens’), _tow-line_.

Souque! attrape à carguer! Pare à l’amarre! Et souque!
C’est le coup des haleurs et du câble à rimouque.
La oula ouli oula oula tchalez!
Hardi! les haleurs, oh! les haleurs, halez!

=RICHEPIN=, _La Mer_.

CABO, _m._ (popular), _dog_, or “buffer.” Michel derives this from clabaud, _a worthless dog_, and L. Larchey from qui aboie, pronounced _qu’aboie_. Le ---- du commissaire, _the police magistrate’s secretary_. See CHIEN. (Military) Elève ----, _one who is getting qualified for the duties of a corporal_.

CABOCHON, _m._ (popular), _blow_, “prop,” or “bang.”

CABONTE, or CAMOUFLE, _f._ (military), _candle_.

CABOT, _m._ (common), _third-rate actor_, or “surf;” _term of contempt applied to an actor_. Abbreviation of cabotin. Also a _dog_.

CABOTINAGE, _m._ (familiar), _life of hardships which most actors have to live before they acquire any reputation_.

CABOTINE (familiar), _bad actress_; _strolling actress, or one who belongs to a troupe of_ “barn stormers.”

CABOTINER (familiar), _to be a strolling actor_; _to mix with_ cabotins; _to fall into their way of living_, which is not exactly a “proper” one.

CABOULOT, _m._ (familiar), _small café where customers are waited upon by girls_; _small café where the spécialité is the retailing of cherry brandy, absinthe, and sweet liquors_; _best sort of wine-shop_.

CABRIOLET, _m._, _short rope or strap with a double loop affixed, made fast to a criminals wrists, the extremity being held by a police officer_; _small box for labels_; _woman’s bonnet_.

CABRION, _m._ (artists’), _painter without talent_, or “dauber;” _practical joker_. In the _Mystères de Paris_ of Eugène Sue, Cabrion, a painter, nearly drives the doorkeeper Pipelet mad by his practical jokes.

CACHALOT, _m._ (sailors’), _old sailor, old_ “tar.” Properly _spermaceti whale_.

CACHE-FOLIE, _m._ (popular), _drawers_; _false hair_.

CACHEMAR, CACHEMINCE, _m._ (thieves’), _cell_, “clinch.” From cachot, _black hole_.

CACHEMIRE, _m._ (popular), _clout_; ---- d’osier, _rag-picker’s wicker basket_.

Voici les biffins qui passent, le crochet au poing et
les pauvres lanternes sont recueillies dans le cachemire
d’osier.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_.

CACHE-MISÈRE (familiar), _coat buttoned up to the chin to conceal the absence of linen_.

CACHEMITTE, _f._ (thieves’), _cell_, “clinch.”

CACHEMUCHE. See CACHEMAR.

CACHER (popular), _to eat_, “to grub.”

CACHET, _m._ (thieves’ and cads’), de la République, _the mark of one’s heel on a person’s face_, a kind of farewell indulged in by night ruffians, especially when the victim’s pockets do not yield a satisfactory harvest. (Familiar) Le ----, _the fashion_, “quite the thing.”

Et ce n’est pas lui qui porterait des gants vert-pomme si
le cachet était de les porter sang de bœuf.-- =P. MAHALIN=,
_Mesdames de Cœur Volant_.

CACIQUE, _m._, _head scholar in a division at the Ecole Normale_.

CADAVRE, _m._ (familiar and popular), _body_; _a secret misdeed_, “a skeleton in the locker;” _tangible proof of anything_. Grand ----, _tall man_. Se mettre quelquechose dans le ----, _to eat_. See MASTIQUER.

CADENNE, _f._ (thieves’), _chain fastened round the neck_. La grande ---- _was formerly the name given to the gang of convicts which went from Paris to the hulks at Toulon_.

CADET, _m._ (thieves’), _crowbar_, or “Jemmy.” Termed also “l’enfant, Jacques, sucre de pommes, biribi, rigolo;” (popular) _breech_. Baiser ----, _to be guilty of contemptible mean actions_; _to be a lickspittle_. Baise ----! _you be hanged!_ Bon pour ---- _is said of any worthless object or unpleasant letter_.

CADICHON, _m._ (thieves’), _watch_, “Jerry,” or “red toy.”

CADOR (thieves’), _dog_, “tyke;” ---- du commissaire, _secretary to the “commissaire de police,” a kind of police magistrate_.

CADOUILLE, _f._ (sailors’), _rattan_.

Effarés de ne pas recevoir de coups de cadouille, ils
s’éloignent à reculons, et leurs prosternations ne
s’arrêtent plus.--=BONNETAIN=, _Au Tonkin_.

CADRAN, _m._ (popular), _breech_, or “bum;” ---- lunaire, _same meaning_. See VASISTAS.

CADRATIN, _m._ (printers’), _top hat_, or “stove pipe;” (police) _staff of detectives_; (journalists’) _apocryphal letter_.

CAFARD, _m._ (military), _officer who makes himself unpleasant_; _a busybody_.

CAFARDE, _f._ (thieves’), _moon_, “parish lantern;” _cup_.

CAFARDER (popular), _to be a hypocrite_, a “mawworm.”

CAFÉ, _m._ C’est un peu fort de ----, _it is really too bad, coming it too strong_. Prendre son ----, _to laugh at_.

CAFETIÈRE, _f._ (thieves’ and cads’), _head_, “canister.” See TRONCHE.

CAFIOT, _m._, _weak coffee_.

CAFOUILLADE (boatmens’), _bad rowing_.

CAFOUILLEUX, _m._ (popular), espèce de ----! _blockhead!_ “bally bounder!”

CAGE, _f._ (popular), _workshop with glass roof_; _prison_, or “stone jug;” ---- à chapons, _monastery_; ---- à jacasses, _nunnery_; ---- à poulets, _dirty, narrow room_, “a hole;” (printers’) _workshop_.

CAGETON, _m._ (thieves’), _may-bug_.

CAGNE, _f._ (popular), _wretched horse_, or “screw;” _worthless dog_; _lazy person_; _police officer_, or “bobby.”

CAGNOTTE, _f._ (familiar), _money-box in which is deposited each player’s contribution to the expenses of a game_. Faire une ----, _to deposit in a money-box the winnings of players which are to be invested to the common advantage of the whole party_.

CAGOU, _m._ (thieves’), _rogue who operates single-handed_; _expert thief_, or “gonnof,” _who takes charge of the education of the uninitiated after the manner of the old Jew Fagin_ (see _Oliver Twist_); _a tutor such as is to be met with in a_ “buz napper’s academy,” _or training school for thieves_; _in olden times a lieutenant of the_ “grand Coëre,” _or king of rogues_. The kingdom of the “grand Coëre” was divided into as many districts as there were “provinces” or counties in France, each superintended by a “cagou.” Says _Le Jargon de l’Argot_:--

Le cagou du pasquelin d’Anjou résolut de se venger de lui
et de lui jouer quelque tour chenâtre.

CAHUA, _m._ (French soldiers’ in Algeria), _coffee_. Pousse ----, _brandy_.

CAILLASSE, _f._ (popular), _stones_.

CAILLÉ (thieves’), _fish_.

CAILLOU, _m._ (popular), _grotesque face_; _head_, or “block;” _nose_, or “boko;” ---- déplumé, _bald head_, or “bladder of lard.” N’avoir plus de mousse sur le ----, _to be bald_, “to be stag-faced.”

CAILLOUX, _m. pl._ (popular), petits ----, _diamonds_.

CAÏMAN, _m._ (Ecole Normale school), _usher_.

CAISSE, _f._ (popular), d’épargne, _mouth_, or “rattle-trap;” (familiar) ---- des reptiles, _fund for the bribing of journalists_; ---- noire, _secret funds at the disposal of the Home Secretary and Prefect of Police_. Battre la ----, _to puff up_. Sauver la ----, _to appropriate or abscond with the contents of the cash-box_.

CAISSON, _m._ (familiar), _head_, “nut.” Se faire sauter le ----, _to blow one’s brains out_.

CALABRE, _m._ (thieves’), _scurf_.

CALAIN, _m._ (thieves’), _vine-dresser_.

CALANCHER (vagrants’), _to die_, “to croak.” See PIPE.

CALANDE (thieves’), _walk, lounge_.

CALANDRINER (popular), le sable, _to live a wretched, poverty-stricken life_.

CALE, _f._ (sailors’), se lester la ----, _to eat and drink_. See MASTIQUER.

CALÉ, CALÉE, _adj._, properly _propped up_; (popular) _well off_, “with plenty of the needful.”

CALEBASSE, _f._ (popular), _head_, or “cocoa-nut.” Grande ----, _tall, thin, badly attired woman_. Vendre la ----, _to reveal a secret_.

CALEBASSES, _f._ (popular), _large soft breasts_. Literally _gourds_.

CALÈGE, _f._ (thieves’), _kept woman_.

CALENCE, _f._ (popular), _dearth of work_.

CALER (popular), _to do_; _to do nothing_; _to be out of work_, or “out of collar;” _to strike work_; ---- l’école, _to play the truant_. Se ----, _to eat_. Se ---- les amygdales, _to eat_, “to grub.” (Thieves’) Caler des boulins aux lourdes, _to bore holes in doors_.

CALETER (popular), _to decamp_, “to hook it.” See PATATROT.

CALEUR (popular), _lazy workman_, or “shicer;” _man out of work_; _butler_; _waiter_ (from the German kellner).

CALFATER (sailors’), se ---- le bec, _to eat_. Literally _to caulk_.

CALIBORGNE. See CALORGNE.

CALICOT, _m._ (familiar), _draper’s assistant_, or “counter jumper.”

CALICOTE, _sweetheart_, or “flame,” _of a_ “knight of the yard.”

CALIFORNIEN (popular), _rich_, “worth a lot of tin.” See MONACOS.

CÂLIN, _m._, _small tin fountain which the retailers of coco carry on their backs_. Coco is a cooling draught made of liquorice, lemon, and water.

CALINO, _m._ (familiar), _ninny_; _one capable of the most enormous_ “bulls.”

CALINOTADE, _f._, _sayings of a_ calino (which see).

CALINTTES, _f._ (popular), _breeches_, or “hams,” or “sit-upons.”

CALLOT, _m._ (thieves’), _scurvy_.

CALLOTS, _m. pl._ (old cant), _variety of tramps_.

Les callots sont ceux qui sont teigneux véritables ou
contrefaits; les uns et les autres truchent tant aux
entiffes que dans les vergnes.--_Le Jargon de l’Argot._

CALME ET INODORE (familiar), être ----, _to assume a decorous appearance_. Soyez ----, _behave yourself with decorum_; _do not be flurried_.

CALOMBE. See CABANDE.

CALOQUET, _m._ (thieves’), _hat_; _crown_. See TUBARD.

CALORGNE, _adj._ (popular), _one-eyed_, “boss-eyed,” or “seven-sided.”

CALOT, _m._ (thieves’), _thimble_; _walnut shell_; _eye_. Properly _large marble_. Boiter des calots, _to squint_. Reluquer des calots, _to gaze_, “to stag.”

J’ai un chouett’ moure,
La bouch’ plus p’tit’ que les calots.

=RICHEPIN.=

Calot, _clothier’s shopman_, or “counter-jumper;” _over-particular, troublesome customer_.

CALOTIN, _m._ (familiar), _priest_; _one of the Clerical party_.

CALOTTE, _f._ (familiar), _clergy_. Le régiment de la ----, _the company of the Jesuits_.

CALOTTÉE, _f._ (rodfishers’), _worm-box_.

CALVIGNE, or CLAVIGNE, _f._ (thieves’), _vine_.

CALVIN, or CLAVIN, _m._ (thieves’), _grapes_.

CALYPSO, _f._ (popular), faire sa ----, _to show off, to pose_.

CAM, _f._ (thieves’), lampagne de ----, _country_, or “drum.”

CAMARADE, _m._ (popular), de pionce, _bed-fellow_; (military) _regimental hair-dresser_. (Familiar) Bon petit ---- _is said ironically of a colleague who does one an ill turn, or slanders one_.

CAMARDE, _f._ (thieves’), _death_. Baiser la ----, _to die_. See PIPE.

CAMARDER (thieves’), _to die_.

CAMARLUCHE, _m._ (popular), _comrade_, “mate.”

CAMARO, _m._ (popular), _comrade_, or “mate.”

CAMBOLER (popular), _to fall down_.

CAMBOUIS, _m._ (military), _army service corps_. Properly _cart grease_.

CAMBRIAU, CAMBRIEUX, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD.

CAMBRIOLE, _f._ (thieves’), _room_, or “crib;” _shop_, or “swag.”

Gy, Marpaux, gy nous remouchons
Tes rouillardes et la criole
Qui parfume ta cambriole.

=RICHEPIN.=

Cambriole de milord, _sumptuous apartment_. Rincer une ----, _to plunder a room or shop_.

CAMBRIOLEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who operates in apartments_; ---- à la flan, _thief of that description who operates at random, or on_ “spec.”

CAMBRIOT, _m._ (popular), _hat_, “tile.” See TUBARD.

CAMBRONISER, euphemism for emmerder (which see).

CAMBRONNE! euphemism for a low but energetic expression of refusal or contempt, which is said to have been the response of General Cambronne at Waterloo when called upon to surrender (see _Les Misérables_, by V. Hugo). Sterne says, in his _Sentimental Journey_, that “the French have three words which express all that can be desired--‘diable!’ ‘peste!’” The third he has not mentioned, but it seems pretty certain it must be the one spoken of above.

CAMBROUSE, _f._ (popular), _a tawdrily-dressed servant girl_; _a semi-professional street-walker_, “dolly mop;” (thieves’) _country, suburbs_.

CAMBROUSER (servants’), _to get engaged as a maid-servant_.

CAMBROUSIEN, _m._ (thieves’), _peasant_, or “joskin.”

CAMBROUSIER, _m._ (thieves’), _country thief_.

CAMBROUX, _m._ (thieves’), _servant_; _waiter_.

CAMBUSE, _f._ (popular), _house_, or “crib;” _sailors’ canteen_; _wine-shop_.

CAMÉLIA, _m._, _kept woman_ (_La Dame aux Camélias_, by A. Dumas fils).

CAMELOT, _m._ (popular), _tradesman; thief_; _hawker of any articles_.

Le camelot, c’est le Parisien pur sang ... c’est lui qui
vend les questions, les jouets nouveaux, les drapeaux
aux jours de fête, les immortelles aux jours de deuil,
les verres noircis aux jours d’éclipse ... des cartes
transparentes sur le boulevard et des images pieuses sur la
place du Panthéon.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_.

CAMELOTE, _f._ (popular), _prostitute of the lowest class_, or “draggle-tail;” (thieves’) ---- grinchie, _stolen property_. Etre pris la ---- en pogne, or en pied, _to be caught, “flagrante delicto,” with the stolen property in one’s possession_. Laver la ----, _to sell stolen property_. Prendre la ---- en pogne, _to steal from a person’s hand_.

CAMELOTER (popular), _to sell_; _to cheapen_; _to beg_; _to tramp_.

CAMERLUCHE or CAMARLUCHE, _m._ (popular), _comrade_, or “mate.”

CAMIONNER (popular), _to conduct_; _to lead about_.

CAMISARD, _m._ (military), _soldier of the “Bataillon d’Afrique,”_ a corps composed of liberated military convicts, who, after having undergone their sentence, are not sent back to their respective regiments. They are incorporated in the Bataillon d’Afrique, a regiment doing duty in Algeria or in the colonies, where they complete their term of service; ---- en bordée, _same meaning_.

CAMISOLE, _f._ (popular), _waistcoat_, or “benjy.”

CAMOUFLE, _f._ (thieves’), _description of one’s personal appearance_; _dress_; _light or candle_, “glim.” La ---- s’estourbe, _the light is going out_.

CAMOUFLEMENT, _m._ (thieves’), _disguise_.

CAMOUFLER (thieves’), _to learn_; _to adulterate_. Se ----, _to disguise oneself_.

Je me camoufle en pélican,
J’ai du pellard à la tignasse.
Vive la lampagne du cam!

=RICHEPIN.=

CAMOUFLET, _m._ (thieves’), _candlestick_.

CAMP, _m._ (popular), ficher le ----, _to decamp_. Lever le ----, _to strike work_. Piquer une romance au ----, _to sleep_.

CAMPAGNE, _f._ (prostitutes’), aller à la ----, _to be imprisoned in Saint-Lazare, a dépôt for prostitutes found by the police without a registration card, or sent there for sanitary motives_. (Thieves’) Barboteur de ----, _night thief_. Garçons de ----, or escarpes, _highwaymen or housebreakers who pretend to be pedlars_.

CAMPE, _f._ (cads’), _flight_; _camping_.

CAMPER (cads’), _to flee_, “to brush.”

CAMPEROUX. See CAMBROUX.

CAMPHRE, _m._ (popular), _brandy_.

CAMPHRIER, _m._ (popular), _retailer of spirits_; _one who habitually gets drunk on spirits_.

CAMPI (cads’), _expletive_. Tant pis ----! _so much the worse!_

CAMPLOUSE, _f._ (thieves’), _country_.

CAMUSE, _f._ (thieves’), _carp_; _death_; _flat-nosed_.

CAN, _m._ (popular), abbreviation of canon, _glass of wine_. Prendre un ---- sur le comp, _to have a glass of wine at the bar_.

CANAGE, _m._ (popular), _death-throes_.

CANAILLADE, _f._ (popular), _offence against the law_.

J’ai fait beaucoup de folies dans ma jeunesse; mais au
cours d’une existence accidentée et décousue, je n’ai pas à
me reprocher une seule canaillade.--=MACÉ.=

CANAILLON, _m._ (popular), vieux ----, _old curmudgeon_.

CANARD, _m._ (familiar), _newspaper_; _clarionet_; (tramcar drivers’) _horse_. (Popular) Bouillon de ----, _water_. (Thieves’) Canard sans plumes, _bull’s pizzle, or rattan used for convicts_.

CANARDER (popular), _to take in_, “to bamboozle;” _to quiz_, “to carry on.”

CANARDIER, _m._ (popular), _journalist_; _vendor of newspapers_; (journalists’) _one who concocts_ “canards,” _or false news_; (printers’) _newspaper compositor_.

CANARIE, _m._ (popular), _simpleton_, or “flat.”

CANASSON, _m._ (popular), _horse_, or “gee;” _old-fashioned woman’s bonnet_. Vieux ----! _old fellow!_ “old cock!”

CANCRE, _m._ (fishermens’), jus de ----, _landsman_, or “land-lubber.” Cancre, properly _poor devil_.

CANCRELAT, _m._ (popular), avoir un ---- dans la boule, _to be crazy_. For other kindred expressions, see AVOIR. Cancrelat, properly _kakerlac_, or _American cockroach_.

CANE, _f._ (thieves’), _death_.

CANELLE, _f._ (thieves’), _the town of Caen_.

CANER (thieves’), la pégrenne, _to starve_. Caner, properly _to shirk danger_.

CANESON. See CANASSON.

CANETON, _m._ (familiar), _insignificant newspaper_. Termed also “feuille de chou.”

CANEUR, _m._ (popular), _poltroon_, or “cow babe.”

CANICHE, _m._ (popular), _general term for a dog_. Properly _poodle_. Termed also “cabgie, cabot.” It also has the signification of _spectacles_, an allusion to the dog, generally a poodle, which acts as the blind man’s guide. (Thieves’) Caniche, _a bale provided with handles_, compared to a poodle’s ears.

CANNE, _f._ (police and thieves’), _surveillance exercised by the police on the movements of liberated convicts_. Also _a liberated convict who has a certain town assigned him as a place of residence, and which he is not at liberty to leave_. Casser sa ----, _to break bounds_. Une vieille ----, or une ----, _an old offender_. (Literary) Canne, _dismissal, the_ “sack.” Offrir une ----, _to dismiss from one’s employment_, “to give the sack.”

CANON, _m._ (popular), _glass of wine drunk at the bar of a wine-shop_. Grand ----, _the fifth of a litre of wine_, and petit ----, _half that quantity_. Viens prendre un ---- su’ l’ zinc, mon vieux zig, _I say, old fellow, come and have a glass at the bar_. Se bourrer le ----, _to eat to excess_, “to scorf.”

CANONNER (popular), _to drink wine at a wine-shop_; _to be an habitual tippler_.

CANONNEUR, _m._ (popular), _tippler, a wine bibber_.

CANONNIER DE LA PIÈCE HUMIDE, _m._ (military), _hospital orderly_.

CANONNIÈRE, _f._ (popular), _the behind_, or “tochas.” See VASISTAS. Charger la ----, _to eat_, “to grub.” Gargousses de la ----, _vegetables_.

CANT, _m._ (familiar), _show of false virtue_. From the English word.

CANTALOUP, _m._ (popular), _fool_, “duffer,” or “cull.” Properly _a kind of melon_.

Ah çà! d’où sort-il donc ce cantaloup.--=RICARD.=

CANTIQUE, _m._ (freemasons’), _bacchanalian song_.

CANTON, _m._ (thieves’), _prison_, or “stir.” For synonyms see MOTTE. Comte de ----, _jailer_, “dubsman,” or “jigger-dubber.”

CANTONADE, _f._ (literary), écrire à la ----, _to write productions which are_ _not read by the public_. From a theatrical expression, Parler à la ----, _to speak to an invisible person behind the scenes_.

CANTONNIER, _m._ (thieves’), _prisoner_, _one in_ “quod.”

CANULANT, _adj._ (familiar), _tedious_, _tiresome_, “boring.” From canule, _a clyster-pipe_.

CANULARIUM, _m._ (Ecole Normale), _ordeal which new pupils have to go through, such as passing a mock examination_.

CANULE, _f._ (popular), _tedious man_, _bore_. Canule, properly speaking, is _a clyster-pipe_.

CANULER (popular), _to annoy_, _to bore_.

CANULEUR. See CANULE.

CAOUTCHOUC, _m._ (popular), _clown_. Properly _india-rubber_.

CAP, _m._ (thieves’), _chief warder at the hulks_. (Familiar) Doubler le ----, _to go a roundabout way in order to avoid meeting a creditor, or passing before his door_. Doubler le ---- des tempêtes, _to clear safely the 1st or 15th of the month, when certain payments are due_. Doubler le ---- du terme, _to be able to pay one’s rent when due_. Doubler un ----, _to be able to pay a note of hand when it falls due_.

CAPAHUT, _f._ (thieves’), voler à la ----, _to murder an accomplice so as to get possession of his share of the booty_.

CAPAHUTER. See CAPAHUT.

CAPE, _f._ (thieves’), _handwriting_.

CAPET, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD.

CAPINE, _f._ (thieves’), _inkstand_.

CAPIR (thieves’), _to write_, or “to screeve.”

CAPISTON, _m._ (military), _captain_; ---- bêcheur, _an officer who acts as public prosecutor at courts-martial_. Termed also “capitaine bêcheur.”

CAPITAINE (thieves’), _stock-jobber_; _financier_; (military) ---- bêcheur, see CAPISTON; ---- de la soupe, _an officer who has never been under fire_.

CAPITAINER (thieves’), _to be a stock-jobber_.

CAPITAL, _m._ (popular), _maidenhead_. Villon, fifteenth century, terms it “ceincture.”

CAPITOLE, _m._ (schoolboys’), formerly _the black hole_.

CAPITONNÉE, _adj._ (popular), _is said of a stout woman_.

CAPITONNER (popular), se ----, _to grow stout_.

CAPITULARD, _m._ (familiar and popular), _term of contempt applied during the war of 1870 to those who were in favour of surrender_.

CAPORAL, _m._, _tobacco of French manufacture_.

CAPORALISME, _m._ (familiar), _pipe-clayism_.

CAPOU, _m._ (popular), _a scribe who writes letters for illiterate persons in return for a fee_.

CAPOUL (familiar), bandeaux à la ----, or des Capouls, _hair brushed low on forehead_, _fringe_, or “toffs.” From the name of a celebrated tenor who some twenty years ago was a great favourite of the public, especially of the feminine portion of it.

CAPRICE, _m._, _appellation given by ladies of the demi-monde to their lovers_; ---- sérieux, _one who keeps a girl_.

CAPSULE, _f._ (popular), _hat with narrow rim_; _infantry shako_. See TUBARD.

CAPTIF, _m._ (popular), abbreviation of ballon captif. Enlever le ----, _to kick one in the hind quarters_, “to root.”

CAPUCIN, _m._ (sportsmen’s), _hare_.

CAPUCINE, _f._ (familiar and popular), jusqu’à la troisième ----, _completely_, “awfully.” Etre paf jusqu’à la troisième ----, _to be quite drunk_, or “ploughed.” See POMPETTE. S’ennuyer ----, &c., _to feel_ “awfully” dull.

CAQUER (popular), _to ease oneself_. See MOUSCAILLER.

CARABINE, _f._ (popular), _sweetheart of a_ “carabin,” _or medical student_; (military) _whip_.

CARABINÉ, _adj._ (popular), _excessive, violent_. Un mal de tête ----, _a violent headache_. Une plaisanterie carabinée, _a spicy joke_.

CARABINER (military), les côtes, _to thrash_. See VOIE.

CARABINIER, _m._ (popular), de la Faculté, _chemist_.

CARAFE, _f._ (cads’), _throat_, or “gutter lane;” _mouth_, or “mug.” Fouetter de la ----, _to have an offensive breath_.

CARAMBOLAGE, _m._ (popular), _collision; general set-to; coition_, or “chivalry.” Properly _cannoning at billiards_.

CARAMBOLER (popular), _to come into collision with anything_; _to strike two persons at one blow_; _to thrash a person or several persons_. Also corresponds to the Latin _futuere_. The old poet Villon termed this “chevaulcher,” or “faire le bas mestier,” and Rabelais called it, “faire la bête à deux dos.” Properly “caramboler” signifies _to make a cannon at billiards_.

CARANT, _m._ (thieves’), _board_; _square piece of wood_. A corruption of carré, _square_.

CARANTE, _f._ (thieves’), _table_.

CARAPATA, _m._ (popular), _pedestrian_; _bargee_; (cavalry) _recruit_, or “Johnny raw.”

CARAPATER (popular), _to run_, “to brush.” Se ----, _to run away_, or “to slope.” Literally, courir à pattes. See PATATROT.

CARAVANE, _f._ (popular), _travelling show_, or “slang.” Des caravanes, _love adventures_. Termed also “cavalcades.”

CARBELUCHE, _m._ (thieves’), galicé, _silk hat_.

CARCAGNO, or CARCAGNE, _m._ (thieves’), _usurer_.

CARCAGNOTTER (thieves’), _to be a usurer_.

CARCAN, _m._ (popular), _worthless horse_, or “screw;” _opprobrious epithet_; _gaunt woman_; ---- à crinoline, _street-walker_. See GADOUE.

CARCASSE, _f._ (thieves’), états de ----, _loins_. Carcasse, in popular language, _body_, or “bacon.” Je vais te désosser la ----, _I’ll break every bone in your body_.

CARCASSIER, _m._ (theatrical), _clever playwright_.

CARDER (popular), _to claw one’s face_. Properly _to card_.

CARDINALE, _f._ (thieves’), _moon_, or “parish lantern.”

CARDINALES, _f. pl._ (popular), _menses_.

CARDINALISER (familiar), se ---- la figure, _to blush, or to get flushed through drinking_.

CARE, _f._ (thieves’), _place of concealment_. Vol à la ----, see CAREUR.

CARÊME, _m._ (popular), amoureux de ----, _timid or platonic lover_. Literally _a Lenten lover_, one who is afraid of touching flesh.

CARER (thieves’), _to conceal, to steal_. See CAREUR. Se ----, _to seek shelter_.

CAREUR, or VOLEUR À LA CARE, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who robs a money-changer under pretence of offering old coins for sale_, “pincher.”

CARFOUILLER (popular), _to thrust deeply_.

Il délibéra ... pour savoir s’il lui carfouillerait le
cœur avec son épée ou s’il se bornerait à lui crever les
yeux.--_Figaro._

CARGE (thieves’), _pack_.

CARGOT, _m._ (military), _canteen man_.

CARGUER (sailors’), ses voiles, _to retire from the service_. Properly _to reef sails_.

CARIBENER, or CARER, _to steal_ “à la care.” See CAREUR.

CARISTADE, _f._ (printers’), _relief in money_; _charity_.

CARLE, _m._ (thieves’), _money_, “lour,” or “pieces.”

CARLINE, _f._ (thieves’), _death_.

CARME, _m._ (popular), _large flat loaf_; (thieves’) _money_, “pieces.” See QUIBUS. On lui a grinchi tout le ---- de son morlingue, _the contents of his purse have been stolen_. Carme à l’estorgue, or à l’estoque, _base coin_, or “sheen.”

CARMER (thieves’), _to pay_, “to dub.”

CARNAVAL, _m._ (popular), _ridiculously dressed person_, “guy.”

CARNE, _f._ (popular), _worthless horse_, or “screw;” _opprobrious epithet applied to a woman, strumpet_; _woman of disreputable character_, “bed-fagot,” or “shake.” Etre ----, _to be lazy_.

CAROTTAGE, _m._ (popular), _chouse_.

CAROTTE, _f._ (military), _medical inspection_; ---- d’épaisseur, _great chouse_. (Familiar) Tirer une ---- de longueur, _to concoct a far-fetched story for the purpose of obtaining something from one, as money, leave of absence, &c._ (Theatrical) Avoir une ---- dans le plomb, _to sing out of tune, or with a cracked voice_; (popular) _to have an offensive breath_. Avoir ses carottes cuites, _to be dead_. (Thieves’) Tirer la ----, _to elicit secrets from one_, “to pump” one.

Il s’agit de te faire arrêter pour être conduit au dépôt où
tu tireras la carotte à un grinche que nous allons emballer
ce soir.--=VIDOCQ.=

CAROTTER (familiar), l’existence, _to live a wretched, poverty-stricken life_; ---- à la Bourse, _to speculate in a small way at the Stock Exchange_; (military) ---- le service, _to shirk one’s military duties_.

CAROUBLAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _picking of a lock_.

CAROUBLE, _f._ (thieves’), _skeleton key_, “betty,” or “twirl.”

CAROUBLEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who uses a picklock_, or “screwsman;” ---- à la flan, _thief of this description who operates at haphazard_; ---- au fric-frac, _housebreaker_, “panny-man,” “buster,” or “cracksman.”

CARQUOIS, _m._ (popular), d’osier, _rag-picker’s basket_.

CARRE, _f._ (thieves’), du paquelin, _the Banque de France_. Mettre à la ----, _to conceal_.

CARRÉ, _m._ (students’), _second-year student in higher mathematics_; (thieves’) _room, or lodgings_, “diggings;” ---- des petites gerbes, _police court_; ---- du rebectage, _court of cassation_, a tribunal which revises cases already tried, and which has power to quash a judgment.

CARREAU, _m._ (popular), de vitre, _monocular eyeglass_. Aller au ----, see ALLER. (Thieves’ and cads’) Carreau, _eye_, or “glazier;” ---- brouillé, _squinting eye_, or “boss-eye;” ---- à la manque, _blind eye_. Affranchir le ----, _to open one’s eye_.

CARREAUX BROUILLÉS, _m. pl._ (popular), _house of ill-fame_, or “nanny-shop.” Such establishments which are under the surveillance of the police authorities have whitewashed window-panes and a number of vast dimensions over the street entrance.

CARRÉE, _f._ (popular), _room_, “crib.”

CARREFOUR, _m._ (popular), des écrasés, _a crossing of the Faubourg Montmartre_, a dangerous one on account of the great traffic.

CARRER (popular and thieves’), se ----, _to conceal oneself_; _to run away_, “to brush;” ---- de la débine, to _improve one’s circumstances_.

CARREUR, _m._ (thieves’), _receiver of stolen goods_, “fence.” Termed also “fourgue.”

CARTAUDE, _f._ (thieves’), _printer’s shop_.

CARTAUDÉ (thieves’), _printed_.

CARTAUDER (thieves’), _to print_.

CARTAUDIER (thieves’), _printer_.

CARTE, _f._ (popular), femme en ----, _street-walker whose name is down in the books of the police as a registered prostitute_. Revoir la ----, _to vomit_, or “to cascade,” “to cast up accounts,” “to shoot the cat.” (Cardsharpers’) Maquiller la ----, _to handle cards_; _to tamper with cards_, or “to stock broads.”

CARTON, _m._ (gamesters’), _playing-card_, or “broad.” Manier, tripoter, graisser, travailler, patiner le ----, _to play cards_. Maquiller le ----, _to handle cards_, _to tamper with cards_, or “to stock broads.”

CARTONNEMENTS, _m. pl._ (literary), _manuscripts consigned to oblivion_.

CARTONNER (gamesters’), _to play cards_.

CARTONNEUR, _m._, _one fond of cards_.

CARTONNIER, _m._ (popular), _clumsy worker_; _card-player_.

CARTOUCHE, _f._ (military), avaler sa ----, _to die_, “to lose the number of one’s mess.” Déchirer la ----, _to eat_. See MASTIQUER.

CARTOUCHIÈRE À PORTÉES, _f._, _pack of prepared cards which swindlers keep secreted under their waistcoat_, “books of briefs.”

CARUCHE, _f._ (thieves’), _prison_, or “stir.” Comte de la ----, _jailer_, or “dubsman.” See MOTTE.

CARVEL, _m._ (thieves’), _boat_. From the Italian caravella.

CAS, _m._ (popular), montrer son ----, _to make an indecent exhibition of one’s person_.

CASAQUIN, _m._ (popular), _human body_, or “apple cart.” Avoir quelquechose dans le ----, _to be uneasy_; _ill at ease in body or mind_. Tomber, sauter sur le ---- à quelqu’un, _to give one a beating_, “to give one Jessie.” Grimper, tanner, travailler le ----, _to belabour_, “to tan.” See VOIE.

CASCADER (familiar), _interpolating by an actor of matter not in the play_; _to lead a fast life_.

CASCADES, _f. pl._ (theatrical), _fanciful improvisations_; (familiar) _eccentric proceedings_; _jokes_. Faire des ----, _to live a fast life_.

CASCADEUR (theatrical), _actor who interpolates in his part_; (familiar) _man with no earnestness of purpose, and who consequently cannot be trusted_; _fast man_.

CASCADEUSE, _f._ (familiar), _fast girl or woman_.

CASCARET, _m._ (thieves’), _two-franc coin_.

CASE, CARRÉE, or PIOLE, _f._ (thieves’), _room_; _lodgings_, “diggings,” or “hangs out;” (popular) _house_; _any kind of lodgings_, “crib.” Le patron de la ----, _the head of any establishment_, _the landlord_, _the occupier of a house or apartment_. (Familiar) N’avoir pas de case judiciaire à son dossier _is said of one who has never been convicted of any offence against the law_. The “dossier” is a record of a man’s social standing, containing details concerning his age, profession, morality, &c. Every Parisian, high and low, has his “dossier” at the Préfecture de Police.

CASIMIR, _m._ (popular), _waistcoat_, “benjy.”

CASIN, _m._ (familiar), _pool at billiards_.

CASINETTE, _f._ (popular), _habituée of the Casino Cadet_, a place somewhat similar to the former Argyle Rooms.

CASOAR, _m._, _plume of shako_, in the slang of the students of the Saint-Cyr military school, the French Sandhurst.

CASQUE, _m._ (popular), _hat_, “tile.” See TUBARD. Casque à auvent, _cap with a peak_; ---- à mèche, _cotton nightcap_. Avoir du ----, _to have a spirited, persuasive delivery_; _to speak with a quack’s coolness and facility_. An allusion to Mangin, a celebrated quack in warrior’s attire, with a large helmet and plumes. This man, who was always attended by an assistant who went by the name of Vert-de-gris, made a fortune by selling pencils. Avoir le ----, _to have a headache caused by potations_; _to have a fancy for a man_. Avoir son ----, _to be completely tipsy_. See POMPETTE.

CASQUER (popular), _to pay_, or “to fork out;” _to fall blindly into a snare_; _to mistake_.

CASQUETTE, _f._ (familiar and popular), _money lost at some game at a Café_. Une ---- à trois ponts, _a prostitute’s bully_, or “ponce,” thus termed on account of the tall silk cap sported by that worthy. See POISSON. Etre ----, _to be intoxicated_. See POMPETTE. (Familiar) Etre ----, _to have vulgar manners_, _to be a boor_, “roly-poly.”

CASQUEUR, _m._ (theatrical), _spectator who is not on the free list_.

CASSANT, _m._ (thieves’), _walnut tree_; (sailors’) _biscuit_.

CASSANTES, _f. pl._ (thieves’), _teeth_, or “head-rails;” _nuts_; _walnuts_.

CASSE, _f._ (popular), _chippings of pastry sold cheap_. Je t’en ----, _that’s not for you_.

CASSE-GUEULE, _m._ (popular), _suburban dancing-hall; strong spirits_, or “kill devil.”

CASSEMENT, _m._ (thieves’), de porte, _housebreaking_, “cracking a Crib.”

CASSER, (thieves’), _to eat_, “to grub;” ---- du sucre, or se mettre à table, _to confess_; ---- du sucre, or ---- du sucre à la rousse, _to peach_, “to blow the gaff;” ---- la hane, _to steal a purse_, “to buz a skin;” ---- sa canne, _to sleep_, or “to doss;” _to be very ill_; _as a ticket-of-leave man, to break bounds_; _to die_; ---- sa ficelle, _to escape from the convict settlement_; (popular) ---- un mot, _to talk_; ---- du bec, _to have an offensive breath_; ---- du grain, _to do nothing of what is required_; ---- du sucre sur la tête de quelqu’un, _to talk ill of one in his absence, to backbite_; ---- la croustille, _to eat_, “to grub;” ---- la gueule à une négresse, _to drink a bottle of wine_; ---- la gueule à un enfant de chœur, _to drink a bottle of wine_ (red-capped like a chorister); ---- la marmite, _to quarrel with one’s bread and cheese_; ---- le cou à un chat, _to eat a rabbit stew_; ---- le cou à une négresse, _to discuss a bottle of wine_; ---- sa pipe, son câble, son crachoir, or son fouet, _to die_, “to kick the bucket,” “to croak.” See PIPE. Casser son œuf, _to have a miscarriage_; ---- son pif, _to sleep_, “to have a dose of balmy;” ---- son lacet, _to break off one’s connection with a mistress_, “to bury a moll;” ---- une roue de derrière, _to spend part of a five-franc piece_. Se la ----, _to get away_, _to move off_, “to hook it.” See PATATROT. N’avoir pas cassé la patte à coco, _to be dull-witted_, or “soft.” (Familiar) A tout ----, _tremendous; awful_. Une noce à tout ----, _a rare jollification_, “a flare-up,” or “break-down.” Un potin à tout ----, _a tremendous row_, or “shindy.”

CASSEROLAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _informing against an accomplice_.

CASSEROLE, _f._ (thieves’), _informer_, or “buz-man;” _spy_, or “nark;” _police officer_, or “copper.” See POT-À-TABAC. Casserole, _prostitute_, or “bunter.” See GADOUE. Coup de ----, _denunciation_, or “busting.” Passer à ----, _to be informed against_. (Popular) Casserole, _name given to the Hôpital du Midi_. Passer à ----, see PASSER.

CASSEUR, _m._ (thieves’), de portes, _housebreaker_, “buster,” or “screwsman;” ---- de sucre à quatre sous, _military convict of the Algerian_ “_compagnies de discipline_,” _chiefly employed at stone-breaking_. The “compagnies de discipline,” or punishment companies, consist of all the riff-raff of the army.

CASSINE, _f._ (popular), properly _small country-house_; _house where the master is strict_; _workshop in which the work is severe_.

CASSOLETTE, _f._ (popular), _chamber utensil_, or “jerry;” _scavenger’s cart_; _mouth_, or “gob.” Plomber de la ----, _to have an offensive breath_.

CASSURE, _f._ (theatrical), jouer une ----, _to perform in the character of a very old man_.

CASTAGNETTES, _f. pl._ (military), _blows with the fist_.

CASTE, _f._ (old cant), de charrue, _one-fourth of a crown_.

CASTOR, or CASTORIN, _naval officer who shirks going out to sea, or one in the army who is averse to leaving the garrison_.

CASTORIN, _m._ (popular), _hat-maker_.

CASTORISER _is said of an officer who shirks sea duty, or who likes to make a long stay in some pleasant garrison town_.

CASTROZ, _m._ (popular), _capon_.

CASTU, _m._ (thieves’), _hospital_. Barbeaudier de ----, _hospital director_.

CASTUE, _m._ (thieves’), _prison_, or “stir.” See MOTTE. Comte de ----, _jailer_, or “jigger-dubber.”

CATAPLASME, _m._ (popular), au gras, _spinach_; ---- de Venise, _blow_, “clout.”

CATAPLASMIER, _m._ (popular), _hospital attendant_.

CATAPULTEUX, CATAPULTEUSE, _adj._ (popular), _beautiful_; _marvellous_. Une femme ----, _a magnificent woman_, a “blooming tart.”

CATINISER (popular), se ----, _to be in a fair way of becoming a street-walker_.

CAUCHEMARDANT (popular), _tiresome_, _annoying_, “boring.”

CAUCHEMARDER (popular), _to annoy_, _to bore_. Se ----, _to fret_.

CAUSE, _f._ (familiar), grasse, _case in a court of justice offering piquant details_.

CAUSOTTER (familiar), _to chat familiarly in a small circle_.

CAVALCADE, _f._ (popular), _love intrigue_. Avoir vu des cavalcades _is said of a woman who has had many lovers_.

CAVALE, _f._ (popular), _flight_. Se payer une ----, _to run away_, or “to crush.” See PATATROT. (Thieves’) Tortiller une ----, _to form a plan for escaping from prison_.

CAVALER (thieves’ and cads’), quelqu’un, _to annoy one_, to “rile” _him._ Se ----, _to make off_, “to guy.” For list of synonyms see PATATROT. Se ---- au rebectage, _to pray for a new trial in the_ “_Cour de Cassation_.” This court may quash a judgment for the slightest flaw in the procedure, such as, for instance, the fact of a witness not lifting his right hand when taking the oath. Se ---- cher au rebectage, _to pray for a commutation of a sentence_.

CAVALERIE, _f._ (popular), grosse ----, _man who works in the sewers_, a “rake-kennel.” An allusion to his high boots.

CAVÉ, _m._ (popular), _dupe_, or “gull;” _cat’s-paw_.

CAVÉE, _f._ (thieves’), _church_.

CAYENNE, _m._ (popular), _suburban cemetery_; _suburban factory_; _workshop at a distance from Paris_. Gibier de ----, _scamp_, _jail-bird_.

CAYENNE-LES-EAUX, _m._ (thieves’), _the Cayenne dépôt for transported convicts_.

CÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _silver_. Attaches de ----, _silver buckles_. Bogue de ----, _silver watch_, “white ’un.” Tout de ----, _very well_.

CELA ME GÊNE (theatrical), _words used by actors to denote anything which interferes with the impression they seek to produce by certain tirades or by-play_.

CELUI (popular), avoir ---- de ..., stands for avoir l’honneur de ..., _to have the honour to ..._.

CENSURE, _f._ (thieves’), passer la ----, _to repeat a crime_.

CENTIBALLE, _m._ (popular), _centime_. Balle, _a franc_.

CENTRAL, _m._ (familiar), _pupil of the_ “_Ecole Centrale_,” a public engineering school; _telegraph office of the_ “_Place de la Bourse_.”

CENTRE, _m._ (thieves’), _name_, “monarch or monniker.” Also _a meeting-place for malefactors_. Un ---- à l’estorgue, _a false name_, or “alias.” Un ---- d’altèque, _a real name_. Coquer son ----, _to give one’s name_. (Familiar) Le ---- de gravité, _the behind_, or “seat of honour.” See VASISTAS. Perdre son ----, _to be tipsy_, “fuddled.”

CENTRÉ, _adj._ (popular), _is said of one who has failed in business_, “gone to smash.”

CENTRIER, or CENTRIPÈTE, _m._ (military), _foot soldier_, “beetle-crusher or wobbler;” (familiar) _member of the_ “_Centre_” _party_ (_Conservative_) _of the House, under Louis Philippe_. The House is now divided into “extrême gauche” (rabid radicals); “gauche” (advanced republicans); “centre-gauchers” (conservative republicans); “centre” (wavering members); “centre droit” (moderate conservatives); “droite” (monarchists and clericals); “extrême droite” (rabid monarchists and ultramontane clericals).

CENTRIOT, _m._ (thieves’), _nickname_.

CERCLE, _m._ (thieves’), _silver coin_. (Familiar) Pincer or rattraper au demi ----, _to come upon one unawares, to catch_, “to nab” _him_. From an expression used in fencing.

CERCUEIL, _m._ (students’), _glass of beer_. A dismal play on the word “bière,” which has both significations of _beer and coffin_.

CERF, _m._ (popular), _injured husband, or cuckold_. Se déguiser en ----, _to decamp_; _to run away_; _to be off in a_ “jiffy.” See PATATROT.

CERF-VOLANT, _m._ (thieves’), _female thief who strips children at play in the public gardens or parks_. A play on the words “cerf-volant,” _kite_, and “voler,” _to steal_.

CERISE, _f._ (popular), _mason of the suburbs_.

CERISES, _f. pl._ (military), monter en marchand de ----, _to ride badly, with toes and elbows out, and all of a heap, like a man with a basket on his arm_.

CERISIER, _m._ (popular), _sorry horse_. An allusion to the name given to small horses which used to carry cherries to market.

CERNEAU, _m._ (literary), _young girl_. Properly _fresh walnut_.

CERTIFICATS, _m. pl._ (military), de bêtise, _long-service stripes_.

C’EST (printers’), à cause des mouches, _sneering reply_.

Eh! dis donc, compagnon, pourquoi n’es-tu pas venu à la
boîte ce matin? L’autre répond par ce coq-à-l’âne: C’est à
cause des mouches.--=BOUTMY.=

CET (popular), aut’ chien, _that feller!_

CHABANNAIS, _m._ (popular), _noise_; _row_; _thrashing_. Ficher un ----, _to thrash_, “to wallop.” See VOIE.

CHABROL, _m._ (popular), _mixture of broth and wine_.

CHACAL, _m._ (military), _Zouave_.

CHAFFOURER (popular), se ----, _to claw one another_.

CHAFRIOLER (popular), se ---- à quelque chose, _to find pleasure in something_.

CHAHUT, _m._ (familiar and popular), _eccentric dance, not in favour in respectable society, and in which the dancers’ toes are as often on a level with the faces of their partners as on the ground_; _uproar_, “shindy,” _general quarrel_. Faire du ----, _to make a noise, a disturbance_.

CHAHUTER (familiar and popular), _to dance the_ chahut (which see); _to upset_; _to shake_; _to rock about_. Nous avons été rudement chahutés, _we were dreadfully jolted_. Ne chahute donc pas comme ça, _keep still, don’t fidget so_.

CHAHUTEUR, _m._ (popular), _noisy, restless fellow_; _one who dances the_ chahut (which see).

CHAHUTEUSE, _f._ (popular), _habituée of low dancing-saloons_. Also _a girl leading a noisy, fast life_.

CHAILLOT (popular), à ----! _go to the deuce!_ à ---- les gêneurs! _to the deuce with bores!_ Ahuri de ----, blockhead. Envoyer à ----, _to get rid of one_; _to send one to the deuce_.

CHAÎNE, _f._ (popular), d’oignons, _ten of cards_.

CHAÎNISTE, _m._ (popular), _maker of gold chains_.

CHAIR, _f._ (cads’), dure! _hit him hard! smash him!_ That is, Fais lui la chair dure! (Popular) Marchand de ---- humaine, _keeper of a brothel_.

CHAISES, _f. pl._ (popular), manquer de ---- dans la salle à manger, _to be minus several teeth_. Noce de bâtons de ----, _grand jollification_, or “flare-up.”

CHALEUR! (popular), _exclamation expressive of contempt, disbelief, disappointment, mock admiration, &c._

CHALOUPE, _f._ (popular), _woman with dress bulging out_. (Students’) La ---- orageuse, _a furious sort of cancan_. The cancan is an eccentric dance, and one of rather questionable character. See CHAHUT.

CHALOUPER (students’), _to dance the above_.

CHAMAILLER (popular), des dents, _to eat_.

CHAMBARD, _m._ (Ecole Polytechnique), _act of smashing the furniture and destroying the effects of the newly-joined students_.

CHAMBARDEMENT, _m._ (sailors’), _overthrown_; _destruction_.

CHAMBARDER (sailors’), _to hustle_; _to smash_. At the Ecole Polytechnique, _to smash, or create a disturbance_.

CHAMBERLAN, _m._ (popular), _workman who works at home_.

CHAMBERT, _m._ (thieves’), _one who talks too much_; _one who lets the cat out of the bag_.

CHAMBERTER (thieves’), _to talk in an indiscreet manner_.

CHAMBRE, _f._ (thieves’), de sûreté, _the prison of La Conciergerie_. La ---- des pairs, _that part of the dépôt reserved for convicts sentenced to penal servitude for life_.

CHAMBRER (swindlers’), _to lose_; _to steal_; _to_ “claim.” See GRINCHIR.

CHAMBRILLON, _m._, _small servant_; _young_ “slavey.”

CHAMEAU, _m._ (popular), _cunning man who imposes on his friends_; _girl of lax morals; prostitute_; ---- a deux bosses, _prostitute_. Ce ---- de ..., _insulting expression applied to either sex_.

Coupeau apprit de la patronne que Nana était débauchée
par une autre ouvrière, ce petit chameau de Léonie, qui
venait de lâcher les fleurs pour faire la noce.--=ZOLA=,
_L’Assommoir_.

CHAMELIERS, _m. pl._ (military), _name formerly given to the old_ “_guides_.”

CHAMP, _m._ (familiar), _champagne_, “fiz,” or “boy;” (popular) ---- d’oignons, _cemetery_; ---- de navets, _cemetery where executed criminals are interred_.

CHAMPOREAU, _m._ (military), _beverage concocted with coffee, milk, and some alcoholic liquor, but more generally a mixture of coffee and spirits_. From the name of the inventor.

Le douro, je le gardais précieusement, ayant grand soin
de ne pas l’entamer. J’eusse préféré jeûner un long mois
de champoreau et d’absinthe.--=HECTOR FRANCE=, _Sous le
Burnous_.

CHANÇARD, _m._ (familiar), _lucky man_.

CHANCELLERIE, _f._ (popular), mettre en ----, _to put one in_ “chancery.”

CHANCRE, _m._ (popular), _man with a large appetite_, a “grand paunch.”

CHAND, CHANDE (popular), abbreviation of marchand.

CHANDELIER, _m._ (popular), _nose_, “boko,” “snorter,” or “smeller.” For synonyms see MORVIAU.

CHANDELLE, _f._ (military), _infantry musket_; _sentry_. Etre conduit entre quatre chandelles, _to be marched off to the guard-room by four men and a corporal_. La ---- brûle, _it is time to go home_. Faire fondre une ----, _to drink a bottle of wine_. Glisser en ----, _to slide with both feet close together_.

Mon galopin file comme une flèche. Quelle aisance! quelle
grâce même! Tantôt les pieds joints, en chandelle: tantôt
accroupi, faisant la petite bonne femme.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le
Pavé_.

CHANGER (popular), son poisson d’eau, or ses olives d’eau, _to void urine_, “to pump ship.” See LASCAILLER.

CHANGEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _clothier who provides thieves with a disguise_; _rogue who appropriates a new overcoat from the lobby of a house or club, and leaves his old one in exchange_. Also _thief who steals plate_.

CHANOINE, _m._, CHANOINESSE, _f._ (thieves’), _person in good circumstances, one worth robbing_; ---- de Monte-à-regret, _one sentenced to death_; _old offender_.

CHANTAGE, _m._ (familiar), _extorting money by threats of disclosures concerning a guilty action real or supposed_, “jobbery.”

CHANTER (familiar), _to pay money under threat of being exposed_. Faire ---- quelqu’un, _to extort money from one under threat of exposure_; _to extort_ “socket money.” (Popular) Faire ---- une gamme, _to thrash one_, “to lead a dance.” See VOIE.

CHANTEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _juge d’instruction, a magistrate who investigates a case before trial_; (familiar) _man who seeks to extort money by threatening people with exposure_. There are different kinds of chanteurs. Vidocq terms “chanteurs” the journalists who prey on actors fearful of their criticism; those who demand enormous prices for letters containing family secrets; the writers of biographical notices who offer them at so much a line; those who entice people into immoral places and who exact hush-money. The celebrated murderer Lacenaire was one of this class. Chanteur de la Chapelle Sixtine, _eunuch_. Maître ----, _skilful_ chanteur (which see).

CHANTIER, _m._ (popular), _embarrassment_, “fix.”

CHAPARDER (military), _to loot_; _to steal_, “to prig.”

CHAPELLE, _f._ (familiar), _clique_. Termed also “petite chapelle;” (popular) _wine-shop_, or “lush-crib.” Faire ----, _is said of a woman who lifts her dress to warm her limbs by the fire_. Fêter des chapelles, _to go the round of several wine-shops, with what result it is needless to say_.

CHAPELURE, _f._ (popular), n’avoir plus de ---- sur le jambonneau, _to be bald_, “to have a bladder of lard.” See AVOIR.

CHAPI, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD.

CHAPITEAU, _m._ (popular), _head_, or “block.” See TRONCHE.

CHAPON, _m._ (popular), _monk_. Cage à chapons, _monastery_. Des chapons de Limousin, _chestnuts_.

CHAPSKA, _m._ (popular), _hat_, or “tile.” See TUBARD.

CHAR, _m._ (familiar), numéroté, _cab_.

CHARCUTER (popular), _to amputate_.

CHARCUTIER (popular), _clumsy workman_; _surgeon_, “sawbones.”

CHARDONNERET, _m._ (thieves’), _gendarme_. An allusion to his red, white, and yellow uniform. Properly _a goldfinch_.

CHARENTON, _m._ (popular), _absinthe_. The dépôt for lunatics being at Charenton, the allusion is obvious.

CHARGÉ, _adj._ (popular), _tipsy_, “tight.” See POMPETTE. (Coachmen’s) Etre ----, _to have a “fare_.”

CHARGER (coachmen’s), _to take up a “fare;”_ (prostitutes’) _to find a client_; (cavalry) ---- en ville, _to go to town_.

CHARIER (thieves’), _to try to get information_, “to cross-kid.”

CHARIEUR (thieves’), _he who seeks to worm out some information_.

CHARLEMAGNE, _m._ (military), _sabre-bayonet_.

CHARLOT, _m._ (popular and thieves’), _the executioner_. His official title is “Monsieur de Paris.” Soubrettes de ----, _the executioner’s assistants_, literally _his lady’s maids_. An allusion to “la toilette,” or cropping the convict’s hair and cutting off his shirt collar a few minutes before the execution. (Thieves’) Charlot, _thief_; ---- bon drille, _a good-natured thief_. See GRINCHE.

CHARMANT, _adj._ (thieves’), _scabby_.

CHARMANTE, _f._ (thieves’), _itch_.

CHARMER (popular), les puces, _to get drunk_. See SCULPTER.

CHAROGNEUX, _adj._ (familiar), roman ----, _filthy novel_.

CHARON, CHARRON, _m._ (thieves’). See CHARRIEUR.

CHARPENTER (playwrights’), _to write the scheme of a play_.

CHARPENTIER, _m._ (playwrights’), _he who writes the scheme of a play_.

CHARRETÉE, _f._ (popular), en avoir une ----, _to be quite drunk, to be_ “slewed.” See POMPETTE.

CHARRIAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _swindle_; ---- à l’Américaine _is a kind of confidence trick swindle_. It requires two confederates, one called “leveur” or “jardinier,” whose functions are to exercise his allurements upon the intended victim without awakening his suspicions. When the latter is fairly hooked, the pair meet--by chance of course--with “l’Américain,” a confederate who passes himself off for a native of America, and who offers to exchange a large sum of gold for a smaller amount of money. The pigeon gleefully accepts the proffered gift, and discovers later on that the alleged gold coins are nothing but base metal. This kind of swindle goes also by the names of “vol à l’Américaine,” “vol au change.” Charriage à la mécanique, or vol au père François, takes place thus: a robber throws a handkerchief round a person’s neck, and holds him fast half-strangled on his own back while a confederate rifles the victim’s pockets. Charriage au coffret: the thief, termed “Américain,” leaves in charge of a barmaid a small box filled to all appearance with gold coin; he returns in the course of the day, but suddenly finding that he has lost the key of the box, he asks for a loan of money and disappears, leaving the box as security. It goes without saying that the alleged gold coins are nothing more than brand-new farthings. Charriage au pot, another kind of the confidence trick dodge. One confederate forms an acquaintance with a passer-by, and both meet with the other confederate styled “l’Américain,” who offers to take them to a house of ill-fame and defray all expenses, but who, being fearful of getting robbed, deposits his money in a jug or other receptacle. On the way he suddenly alters his mind, and sends the victim for the sum, not without having exacted bail-money from him as a guarantee of his return, after which both scamps make off with the fool’s money. Swindlers of this description are termed “magsmen” in the English slang.

CHARRIER (thieves’), _to swindle one out of his money by misleading statements_. See CHARRIAGE.

CHARRIEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who employs the mode termed_ charriage (which see); _confederate who provides cardsharpers with pigeons_; ---- de ville, _a robber who first makes his victims insensible by drugs, and then plunders them_, a “drummer;” ---- cambrousier, _itinerant quack_; _clumsy thief_.

CHARTREUSE, _f._ (popular), de vidangeur, _small measure of wine_.

CHARTRON, _m._ (theatrical), faire le ----, _is said of actors who place themselves in a row in front of the footlights_.

CHASON, _m._ (thieves’), _ring_, “fawney.”

CHASSE, _f._ (popular), aller à la ---- au barbillon, _to go a-fishing_. Foutre une ----, _to scold vehemently_, “to haul over the coals.”

CHÂSSE, _f._ (thieves’), _eye_, “glazier.” Balancer, boiter des châsses, _to be one-eyed_, “boss-eyed;” _to squint_. Se foutre l’apôtre dans la ----, _to be mistaken_.

CHASSE-BROUILLARD (popular), _a drop of spirits_; _a dram to keep the damp out_, a “dewdrop.”

CHASSE-COQUIN, _m._ (popular), _gendarme; beadle_, “bumble;” _bad wine_.

CHASSELAS, _m._ (popular), _wine_.

CHASSEMAR, _m._ (popular), for chasseur.

CHASSE-MARÉE, _m._ (military), _chasseurs d’Afrique, a body of light cavalry_.

CHASSE-NOBLE, _m._ (thieves’), _gendarme_.

CHASSER (popular), au plat, _to be a parasite_, a “quiller;” ---- des reluits, _to weep_, “to nap a bib;” ---- le brouillard, _to have a morning dram of spirits_, or a “dewdrop;” ---- les mouches, _to be dying_. See PIPE. (Thieves’ and cads’) Chasser, _to flee_, “to guy.” See PATATROT.

Gn’a du pet, interrompt un second voyou qui survient, v’là
un sergot qui s’amène ... chassons!--=RICHEPIN.=

D’occase, abbreviation of d’occasion, _secondhand_.

CHÂSSIS, _m._ (popular), _eyes_, or “peepers.” Fermer les ----, _to sleep_.

CHASSUE, _f._ (thieves’), _needle_. Chas, _eye of a needle_.

CHASSURE, _f._ (thieves’), _wine_.

CHASUBLARD, _m._ (popular), _priest_, or “devil dodger.”

Vit-on un seul royaliste, un seul cagot, un seul
chasublard, prendre les armes pour la défense du trône et
de l’autel?--=G. GUILLEMOT=, _Le Mot d’Ordre_, Sept. 6,
1877.

CHAT, _m._ (thieves’), _turnkey_, “dubsman;” (popular) _slater_, from his spending half his life on roofs like cats. Avoir un ---- dans la gouttière, _to be hoarse_.

CHÂTAIGNE, _f._ (popular), _box on the ear_, or “buck-horse.”

CHATAUD, CHATAUDE, _adj._ (popular), _greedy_.

CHÂTEAU, _m._ (popular), branlant, _person or thing always in motion_. (Thieves’) Château, _prison_; ---- de l’ombre, _convict settlement_. Un élève du ----, _a prisoner_.

CHÂTEAU-CAMPÊCHE (familiar and popular), _derisive appellation for bad wine, of which the ruby colour is often due to an adjunction of logwood_.

CHATON, _m._ (popular), _nice fellow_; _Sodomist_.

CHATOUILLAGE AU ROUPILLON, _m._ (thieves’). See VOL AU POIVRIER.

CHATOUILLER (theatrical), le public, _to indulge in drolleries calculated to excite mirth among an audience_; (familiar) ---- les côtes, _to thrash_, “to lick.”

CHATOUILLEUR (familiar), _man on ’Change who by divers contrivances entices the public into buying shares_, a “buttoner;” (thieves’) _a thief who tickles a person’s sides as if in play, and meanwhile picks his pockets_.

CHATTE, _f._ (popular), _five-franc piece_.

CHAUD, _adj. and m._ (popular), _cunning_; _greedy_; _wide awake_, or “fly;” _high-priced_. Il l’a ----, _he is wide awake about his own interests_. Etre ----, _to look with watchful eye_. (Familiar) Un ----, _an enthusiast_; _energetic man_. Il fera ----, _never_, “when the devil is blind.” Quand vous me reverrez il fera ----, _you will never see me again_. Etre ---- de la pince, _to be fond of women, to be a_ “beard-splitter.” (Artists’) Faire ----, _to employ very warm tints after the style of Rembrandt and all other colourists_. (Popular and thieves’) Chaud! _quick! on!_

Chaud, chaud! pour le mangeur, il faut le désosser.
--=E. SUE.=

CHAUDRON, _m._ (familiar), _bad piano_. Taper sur le ----, _to play on the piano_.

CHAUDRONNER (popular), _to buy secondhand articles and sell them as new_.

CHAUDRONNIER, _m._ (popular), _secondhand-clothes man_; (military) _cuirassier_, an allusion to his breastplate.

CHAUFAILLON (popular), _stoker_.

CHAUFFE-LA-COUCHE (familiar), _man who loves well his comfort_; _henpecked husband_, or “stangey.”

CHAUFFER (popular), le four, _to drink heavily_, “to guzzle.” See RINCER. (Familiar) Chauffer un artiste, une pièce, _to applaud so as to excite the enthusiasm of an audience_; ---- une affaire, _to push briskly an undertaking_; ---- une place, _to be canvassing for a post_. Ça va chauffer, _there will be a hot fight_. Chauffer des enchères, _to encourage bidding at an auction_.

CHAUFFEUR, _m._ (popular), _man who instills life into conversation or in a company_; _formerly, under the Directoire, one of a gang of brigands who extorted money from people by burning the feet of the victims_.

CHAUMIR (thieves’), _to lose_.

CHAUSSETTE (thieves’), _ring fastened as a distinctive badge to the leg of a convict who has been chained up for any length of time to another convict, a punishment termed_ “double chaîne.”

CHAUSSETTES, _f. pl._ (military), _gloves_; ---- russes, _wrapper for the feet made of pieces of cloth_; (popular) ---- de deux paroisses, _odd socks_.

CHAUSSON, _m._ (popular), _old prostitute_. Putain comme ----, _regular whore_. (Ballet girls’) Faire son ----, _to put on and arrange one’s pumps_.

“Laissez-moi donc, je suis en retard. J’ai encore
mon mastic et mon chausson à faire.” Autrement, pour
ceux qui ne sont pas de la boutique, “il me reste
encore à m’habiller, à me chausser et à me faire ma
tête.”--=MAHALIN.=

CHAUSSONNER (popular), _to kick_.

CHAUVINISTE, _m._, synonymous of “chauvin,” _one with narrow-minded, exaggerated sentiments of patriotism_, a “Jingo.”

CHEF, _m._ (military), abbreviation of maréchal-des-logis chef, _quartermaster-sergeant in the cavalry_. (Popular) Chef de cuisine, _foreman in a brewery_; (thieves’) ---- d’attaque, _head of a gang_.

CHELINGUER (popular), _to stink_. Termed also “plomber, trouilloter, casser, danser, repousser, fouetter, vézouiller, véziner.”

CHEMINÉE, _f._ (popular), _hat_, “chimney pot.”

CHEMISE, _f._ (popular), être dans la ---- de quelqu’un, _to be constantly with one_, _to be_ “thick as hops” _with one_. (Thieves’) Chemise de conseiller, _stolen linen_.

CHEMISES, _f. pl._ (popular), compter ses ----, _to vomit_, or “to cascade.” An allusion to the bending posture of a man who is troubled with the ailment.

CHENÂTRE, _adj._ (thieves’), _good_, _excellent_, “nobby.”

Ils ont de quoi faire un chenâtre banquet avec des
rouillardes pleines de pivois et du plus chenâtre qu’on
puisse trouver.--_Le Jargon de l’Argot._

CHÊNE, _m._ (thieves’), _man_, or “cove;” ---- affranchi, _thief_, or “flash cove.” For synonyms see GRINCHE. Faire suer un ----, _to kill a man_, “to give a cove his gruel.”

CHENILLON, _m._ (popular), _ugly girl_.

CHENIQUE, or CHNIC, _m._ (popular), _brandy_, “French cream.”

CHENIQUEUR, _m._ (popular), _drinker of brandy_.

CHENOC, _adj._ (thieves’), _bad_; _good-for-nothing old fellow_.

CHENU, _adj._ (thieves’), _excellent_, “nobby.” Properly _old_, _whitened by age_; ---- pivois, _excellent wine_; ---- reluit, _good morning_; ---- sorgue, _good night_.

Je lui jaspine en bigorne,
Qu’as-tu donc à morfiller?
J’ai du chenu pivois sans lance,
Et du larton savonné.

=VIDOCQ.=

CHENUMENT (popular), _very well_; _very good_.

CHER (thieves’), se cavaler ----, _to decamp quickly_, _to_ “guy.” See PATATROT.

CHÉRANCE, _f._ (thieves’), être en ----, _to be intoxicated_, or “canon.”

CHERCHE (popular), _nothing_, or “love.” Etre dix à ----, _to be ten to love at billiards_.

CHERCHER (popular), la gueulée, _to be a parasite_, a “quiller.” (Familiar and popular) Chercher des poux à la tête de quelqu’un, _to find fault with one on futile pretexts_; _to try and fasten on a quarrel_.

CHÉREZ! (thieves’), _courage!_ _cheer up!_ _never say die!_ Villon, 15th century, has “chère lye,” _a joyous countenance_.