ECOPER (popular), _to drink_. See RINCER. Properly _to bale a boat_. Ecoper, _to receive a thrashing_, “to get a walloping.”
ECOPEUR, _m._ (popular), _artful man who manages to get some small advantages out of people without appearing to ask for them_.
ECORNAGE, _m._ (thieves’), vol à l’----, _mode of robbery which consists in cutting out a small portion of a pane in a shop-window, and drawing out articles through the aperture by means of a rod provided with a hook at one of its extremities_.
ECORNÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _prisoner under examination_, or “cross kid;” _prisoner charged with an offence_, “in trouble.”
ECORNER (popular), _to slander_; _to abuse_, “to bully rag; (thieves’), _to break into_; ---- une boutanche, un boucard, _to break into a shop_, “to crack a swag.”
J’aimerais mieux faire suer le chêne sur le grand trimar, que d’écorner les boucards.--=VIDOCQ.=
ECORNEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _public prosecutor_.
ECORNIFLER (thieves’), à la passe, _to shoot down_.
ECOSSAIS (popular), en ----, _without breeches_.
ECOSSEUR, _m._, _secretary_; _one whose functions are to peruse letters_. Properly _sheller_. The Préfecture de Police employs twelve “écosseurs,” whose duty it is to open the daily masses of correspondence conveying real or supposed clues to crimes committed. (_Globe Newspaper_, 1886.)
ECOUTE, _f. and verb_ (thieves’), _ear_, “wattle,” or “hearing cheat.” (Popular) Je t’----, je vous ----, _just so!_ _I should think so!_
ECOUTE S’IL PLEUT! (popular), _be quiet!_ _hold your_ “row!”
ECOUTILLES, _f. pl._ (sailors’), _ears_. Ouvrir ses ----, _to listen_. Properly _hatchway_.
Y es-tu, ma petite pouliotte, y es-tu? As-tu bien ouvert tes écoutilles? Te rappelles-tu tout ça et encore ça?--=RICHEPIN=, _La Glu_.
ECRACHE, _f._ (thieves’), _passport_; ---- tarte, or à l’estorgue, _forged passport_.
ECRACHER (thieves’), _to exhibit one’s passport_.
ECRASEMENT, _m._ (thieves’), _crowd_, “push,” or “scuff.”
ECRASER (popular), un grain, _to have a glass of wine at a wine-shop_; ---- une bouteille, _to drink a bottle of wine_.
Je viens voir à présent si n’y aurait pas moyen d’écraser un grain pendant qu’i sont tous en train de folichonner.--=TRUBLOT.=
ECREVISSE, _f._ (popular), de boulanger, _hypocrite_. Avoir une ---- dans la tourte, or dans le vol-au-vent, _to be crazy_, “to have apartments to let.” (Cavalry) Ecrevisse de rempart, _foot soldier_, or “beetle-crusher.” (Theatrical) Quatorzième ----, _female supernumerary_.