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22 baille
n. f.1. Water, any expanse of water (sea, river, etc.). Ils l'ont filé a la baille: They tossed him in the soup.2. Rain. Il nous est tombé une de ces bailles! It poured buckets!3. Water, drinking water. Etre de corvée de baille: To be on water-fatigue.4. (pej.): 'Crate', 'tub', aged sea-going vessel. -
23 caisse
n. f.1. 'Bean', 'brainbox', head. Se faire sauter la caisse: To blow one's brains out. Bourrer la caisse à quelqu'un (fig.): To try and fool someone.2. Chest. S'en aller de la caisse: To have T.B., to suffer from tuberculosis.3. 'Heap', 'banger', old motor car.4. Caisse a savon (joc.): 'Old crate', aeroplane long past its prime.5. 'Glasshouse', 'clink', militaryjail. Faire de lagrosse caisse: To do time in the cooler.6. Battre la grosse caisse: To 'blow one's own trumpet', to draw attention to oneself (literally to beat the big drum).7. Partir avec la caisse: To 'do a bunk', to leave with the takings (literally to go offwith the till).8. Passer à la caisse: To 'get one's cards', to get the sack.9. Tenir une caisse: To be 'pissed', 'sozzled', to be drunk. -
24 char
n. m.1. 'Crate', 'heap', motor car.2. Arrête ton char! Pull the other one! — You're not fooling me! (This expression, sometimes augmented to arrête ton char, Ben Hur! has nothing to do with chariots but is, in fact, a corruption of the word charre.) -
25 chiotte
n. f.1. 'Heap', 'banger', motor car. Ça c'est de la tire, un peu mieux que ta chiotte! Now that's what I call a car, not like that old crate of yours!2. Les chiottes: 'The karzey', 'the bog', the W.C. La corvée des chiottes: Latrine duty. 'Aux chiottes l'arbitre!' 'We want a referee! We want a referee!' (This derisory chant, more offensive than the English equivalent, can often be heard in football or rugby grounds when the fans feel cheated.) -
26 tape-cul
n. m.1. 'Boneshaker', 'old crate', ramshackle motor-car.2. Faire du tape-cul: To go horse-riding. (The image conjured up by this expression is of a rider shaken up by a horse's trot.)3. Quel tape-cul! What a load of codswallop! — What rubbish! — How stupid! -
27 caisse
case, crate
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