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101 crignole
n. f. 'Shoe-leather', cheap and tough cut of meat (also: barbaque). -
102 décapant
n. m. (joc.): 'Rot-gut', cheap booze (the kind that is nearly as lethal as paint stripper). -
103 donner
I.v. trans.1. To inform on, to denounce someone.2. (Cards): To deal. C'est à vous de donner. It's your turn to deal. (In this case the verb is only transitive by implication.)3. C'est donné! (iron.): It's cheap at the price! — I wouldn't call that expensive!4. On t'en donnera! (iron.): You'll be lucky! — You're setting your sights a bit high!II.v. intrans.1. Donner dans:a (also: donner dans le panneau): To 'fall for something hook, line and sinker', to be totally fooled by a ploy.b To become, to undergo a change of character. Depuis la mort de sa femme, il donne dans le grincheux: He's become a real misery guts since his missus passed away.2. Donner à pleins tubes: To give one's all, to make an all-out effort.III.v. trans. reflex.1. S'en donner (of pleasurable activity): To 'get some in', to get one's fill. On va s'en donner du bon temps! We're going to let our hair down!2. Se donner peur: To panic without reason.IV.v. pronom. Se la donner. To have one's suspicions, to be 'cagey', to be wary about something. On se la donnait qu'il était flic: It was thought he might be a cop working undercover. -
104 Epinal
Proper name. C'est tout Epinal! (iron.): He doesn't miss a cliché! (The expression is usually uttered when reference is made to a cheap piece of journalism.) -
105 gros
I.n. m.2. (pl.): 'The nobs', 'the upper-crust', the wealthy. C'est jamais les gros qui trinquent: It's always the poor what cop it!4. Faire son gros: To 'crap', to 'shit', to defecate.II.adj. Exaggerated. Ça c'est un peu gros! This is a bit far-fetched!III.adv.1. Gagner gros: To be a big earner, to have a hefty pay-packet.2. En avoir gros sur le cœur: To feel resentful about something.3. En avoir gros sur la patate: To have a load of worries. -
106 guimauve
n. f.1. Over-sentimental ballad. Tout son oseille il se l'est fait en roucoulant de la guimauve: He made a packet crooning his syrupy songs.2. Cheap sentimental novelette, literary twaddle.3. 'Limp prick', impotent penis. -
107 Hérisson
Proper name. Le Hérisson: A popular joke and cartoon periodical which had its greatest following in the 50s and 60s. Printed on cheap green paper, it was not renowned for its high-brow jokes. -
108 jinjin
n. m.1. 'Nous', 'grey matter', brain. N'avoir rien dans le jinjin (also: avoir un courant d'air dans le jinjin): To have nothing up top.2. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
109 kil
n. m. 'Litre of plonk', bottle of cheap red wine. On s'est payé un kil à trois'. The three of us downed a bottle of vino (also: kilbus). -
110 kilo
n. m.1. 'Litre of plonk', bottle of cheap red wine. (The fact that 100 cl. of water weigh 1 kilogram explains this colloquial meaning.)2. (sch.): A half-day's detention.3. (mil.): 24 hours in the cooler, one day's detention in a punishment cell. -
111 litron
n. m.1. Litre of 'plonk', bottle of cheap red wine.2. Tenir le litron: To be able to 'hold one's liquor', to have a good resilience to alcohol. -
112 malaga
n. m. Un malaga de boueux: A glass of 'plonk', a measure of cheap red wine. -
113 mousseux
n. m. Sparkling white wine, cheap imitation of champagne. Radin comme il est, il nous a servi du mousseux! The mean bugger, he served us some of that fizzed-up cats'-pee! -
114 musette
I.n. m. Le musette: Accordion music, the kind much favoured by the clientèle of the bal musette.II.n. f.1. (joc.): Bag, handbag.2. Garde ça dans ta musette! (fig.): Keep it under your hat! — Don't talk about this!3. Tenir une sacrée musette: To 'have a skinful', to be drunk.4. Qui n'est pas dans une musette (adj. exp.): Incredible, remarkable. Il a reçu une engueulade qui n'etait pas dans une musette: He got a rare old talkingto.5. Bal musette: Dance-hall typical of the Paris suburbs which catered for a weekend working-class clientèle. Such establishments smacked more of cheap wine, simple food and sawdust than the sophistication of the elegant ballroom. -
115 négresse
n. f.1. 'Bounder', flea (the variety that frequents humans rather than animals).2. Bottle of 'plonk', of cheap dark red wine. (This word only seems to have survived in the expression étouffer une négresse: to down a bottle of plonk.)3. (Restaurateurs' slang): Large capacity chip-fryer. (The only lexicographical reference to this meaning of the word is to be found in François Caradec's DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS ARGOTIQUE ET POPULAIRE.) -
116 pendant
prep. Pendant ce temps-là sur le pont supérieur¼(joc.): Meanwhile, back at the ranch¼(Both the French and the English are said to originate in the 'flatulent' language of cheap romantic fiction.) -
117 pichtegorne
n. m. (also: pichtogorne): 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
118 picrate
n. m. (pej.): 'Bottom-of-the-barrel' plonk, cheap and rough-tasting red wine. -
119 picton
n. m. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
120 pince-cul
n. m.1. 'Hop', cheap dance hall or venue definitely lacking in charisma.2. 'Do', party. (There is a blend of gentle humour when pince-cul or pince-fesses refers to a private party where, unlike a tatty dance-hall, one is not likely to have one's bottom pinched.)
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