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Envoyer le serbillon

1 serbillon

n. m. Envoyer le serbillon: To 'tip the wink to someone', to 'give someone a tip-off', to warn someone.

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > serbillon
2 serre

n.m. (also: ser):

1. (Gambling slang): Secret signal between card-sharps at a table. (In this context, the expression faire/ envoyer le serre means to give the go- ahead for a concerted move aimed at distracting an honest player.)

2. Faire (also: envoyer) le serre: To 'tip the wink' to someone, to warn someone. (Auguste Le Breton in his L'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI identifies serbillon and by implication ser(re) as the chalked rune-like warning left by tramps to indicate to fellow down-and-outs the good and not-so-good 'ports of call'.)

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > serre

serbillon — n.m. Guet ; ser, alerte : Envoyer le serbillon … Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire