DROGUER (popular), _to wait a long time_; (thieves’) _to ask for_. The term seems to imply that asking for is a tedious process, and that it is preferable to help oneself.
DROGUERIE, _f._ (thieves’), _a request_. That is, an unpleasant task.
DROGUEUR, _m._ (thieves’), de la haute, _expert thief or swindler_, “gonnof.”
DROGUISTE, _m._ (thieves’), _swindler_; _sharper_, “shark.” Termed also, in English slang, “hawk,” in opposition to the “pigeon” or victim. See GRINCHE.
DROITIER, _m._ (familiar), _member of the right, or monarchist party in parliament_. See CENTRIER.
DROMADAIRE, _m._ (popular), _prostitute_, or “mot.” Formerly _a veteran of the Egypt campaign_.
DROUILLASSE, _f._ (popular), _diarrhœa_, “jerry-go-nimble.”
DUBUGE, _f._ (thieves’), _lady_, “burerk.”
DUC, _m._ (familiar), _large carriage which holds two people inside, and has room for two servants in front and two behind_; ---- de guiche, _turnkey_, “dubsman;” ---- de la panne, _needy man_; ---- d’en face (ironical), an allusion to an insignificant man who is seeking to make a show of undue importance or to give himself grand airs.
DUCE, _m._ (thieves’), _secret signal agreed upon among sharpers_.
DUCHÊNE (popular), passer à ----, _to get a tooth extracted_. An allusion to the name of a famous dentist.
DUEL, _m._ (popular), des yeux qui se battent en ----, _squinting eyes_, or “swivel eyes.”
Va bien. On t’emplira, du gas, Répond le capitaine. J’y fournirai, t’y fourniras Moi l’huile à ta lanterne, Toi l’huil’ de bras.
DUMANET (familiar), _appellation given to a private soldier, answers to the English_ “Thomas Atkins.” Dumanet is the name of one of the characters of a play.
DUN, parler en ----, _art of disguising words by means of the syllable_ “dun.” The letter _n_ is substituted for the first letter of the word when it is a consonant, added when a vowel. The last syllable is followed by _du_, which acts as a prefix to the first. Thus “maison” becomes “naisondumai,” “Paris” becomes “Narisdupa.”
DUNON, parler en ----, _process similar to the one called_ “parler en dun” (which see).
DUR, _adj. and m._ (popular), à la détente, or à la desserre, _stingy, close-fisted_; _man who is slow in paying his debts_. Du ----, _spirits_. (Printers’) Etre dans son ----, _to be working hard_.