Argot and Slang / 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

Transcriber's Note (2)

In page xlii “pioncai” has been changed to “pionÇai” in “je pionÇai dans une meule de foin” to match the other instances of this word in this dictionary.

In footnote 52 “bene bouse” has been changed to “bone house” in “Gage of bone bouse” to match the main text.

“Batonnet” is referenced in the dictionary, but is not defined. It is possible that this is a reference to the game of “bÂtonnet” mentioned in the definition of “Avoir”.

A repetition of the first two lines of the definition of “ChÂteau-CampÊche” has been removed.

The definition of “Dubuge” has been moved to its correct alphabetical position. It was originally listed following “Dabuchon”.

There are two similar entries for “Siffler”, both have been kept.

A few changes have been made to standardize the formatting of definitions.

Other changes made in the definitions are:

Definition	From	To	In
Antroler	de l Argot	de l’Argot	Le Jargon de l’Argot
Avoir	off	of	what stuff one is made of
DÉcrochez-moi-Ça	were	where	shop where secondhand clothes ... are sold
Enfoncer	(familar)	(familiar)
Gibus	(familar)	(familiar)
Guimbarde	DuchÈne	DuchÊne	Le PÈre DuchÊne
Lapin	de	se	pourra se vanter d’Être un rude lapin
Maboul	C’est’ y	C’est-y	C’est-y que t’es maboul?
Marmite	s ice	si ce	si ce n’est pas profaner ce dernier mot
Menuisier	Cotelette	CÔtelette	See CÔtelette.
Petit-crevÉ	ceste heure	cette heure	A cette heure quand-pour-Philis
Pierrot	ou	oÙ	jusqu’au jour oÙ un “pierrot,”
Tapage	interÊts	intÉrÊts	moins À ses intÉrÊts
Tirer	j’age	j’aye	j’aye tout fait pour l’attraper;
Tracquer	ou	on	J’doute qu’À grinchir on s’enrichisse

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