AZOR, _m._ (popular), _dog_; (military) _knapsack_, or “scran-bag” (an allusion to the hairy covering of soldiers’ knapsacks). Etre à cheval sur ----, _to shoulder the knapsack_. Tenir ---- en laisse _is said of a discharged soldier who on leaving the barracks, with a view to showing that “Azor” is no longer his master, drags him ignominiously along the ground attached to a strap_. (Theatrical) Appeler, or siffler ----, _to hiss_, or “to goose.”
Qu’est-ce que c’est? Est-ce qu’on appelle Azor?--_Musée Philipon._
BABA, _adj._ (popular), _dumb-founded_, _abashed_, “blue,” or “flabbergasted.” From ébahi, _astounded_.
BABILLARD, _m._ (thieves’), _confessor_; _book_; _newspaper_. Griffonneur de ----, _journalist_. It also means _a petition_.
Ma largue part pour Versailles, Aux pieds d’sa Majesté, Elle lui fonce un babillard Pour m’faire défourailler.
BABILLARDE, _f._ (thieves’), _watch_, or “jerry;” _letter_, “screeve,” or “stiff.”
BABILLAUDIER, _m._ (thieves’), _bookseller_.
BABILLER (thieves’), _to read_. Properly _to prattle_, _to chatter_.
BABINES, _f. pl._ (popular), _mouth_, “muzzle.” S’en donner par les ----, _to eat voraciously_, “to scorf.” S’en lécher les ----, _to enjoy in imagination any kind of pleasure, past or in store_.
BABOUINE, _f._ (popular), _mouth_, “rattle-trap,” “kisser,” “dubber,” or “maw.” See PLOMB.
Ce serait bien le diable s’il parvenait à organiser de petits bacs à la raffinerie.--=VAST-RICOUARD=, _Le Tripot_.
BACCHANTES (thieves’), _the beard_; but more especially _the whiskers_. From a play on the word bâche, _an awning_, _covering_.
BACCON, _m._ (thieves’), _pig_, or “sow’s baby;” _pork_, or “sawney.”
BACHASSE, _f._ (thieves’), _hard labour_; _convict settlement_.
BÂCHE, _f._ (thieves’ and cads’), _cap_, or “tile;” _stakes_; _bed_, or “doss.” Se mettre dans la ----, _to go to bed_. Bâche, properly _a cart tilt_ or _an awning_.
BACHELIÈRE, _f._, _female associate of students at the Quartier Latin, the headquarters of the University of France_. Herein are situated the Sorbonne, Collège de France, Ecole de Médecine, Ecole de Droit, &c.
BÂCHER, PAGNOTTER, or PERCHER (thieves’ and popular). Se ----, _to go to bed_.
BACHOT, _m._ (students’), _baccalauréat_, _or examination for the degree of bachelor of arts or science conferred by the University of France_. Etre ----, _to be a bachelor_. Faire son ----, _to read for that examination_.