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101 m'as-tu-vu
n. m.1. (th.): 'Ham', conceited actor.2. 'Wally', character whose crass and low-brow behaviour makes him the laughing-stock of those who think they have better taste. -
102 meublé
n. m.1. Un meublé: 'Digs', furnished accommodation.2. La police des meublés: Division of the police force whose task it was to collect the day-to-day information from hotels via the now-defunct card registration system. -
103 minute
n. f.1. Ne pas être à la minute: Not to be pressed for time.2. Entrecôte minute: Minute steak. (Unlike the English, there is no potential pun in this term.)3. (interj., also: minute papillon!): Half a mo! — Not so fast! — Wait a minute! (The expression originates from a café on the Boulevard St. Germain; Papillon was the nickname of an elusive and always hurried waiter, sporting a dicky-bow tie, whose epitaph in English might have read: 'At last God caught his eye!') -
104 mob
n. f. (abbr. mobylette): 'Moped', ultra-light motorbike whose engine capacity does not exceed 50 cc. Like many a successful commercial product, Mobylette, manufactured by Motobécane, has become generic for any moped. -
105 mochetee
n. f. Ugly woman whose prime remains a mystery. -
106 mouton
n. m.1. (Police slang): 'Snitch', 'grass', informer.2. (Prison slang): 'Stoolie', 'stoolpigeon', inmate whose brief it is to wheedle information from a recalcitrant prisoner.3. (pl.): 'Fluffies', bits of dusty fluff that tend to accumulate under large items of furniture.a Freak, outlandish character.b 'Five-leaf clover', item that is near-impossible to find.5. Etre un mouton de Panurge: To lack initiative, to follow the herd.6. Revenir à ses moutons (of lengthy explanations): To get back to the matter in hand. -
107 niston
I.n. m. 'Laddie', 'lad', young boy. (This friendly appellation is very typical of Provence where it originated.)II.adj. Etre niston: To 'stand pat', to refuse to increase one's stakes at a game of poker. (Auguste le Breton in his L'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI states that this word is eponymous with a famous poker player whose shrewd gaming tactics made him a byword for careful gambling.) -
108 paravent
n. m.1. 'Front', 'legit' occupation enabling someone to pursue activities he is keen to keep out of the limelight.2. Person whose brief it is to polarize attention and thus quash possible rumours concerning another. -
109 peine-à-jouir
n. m. (joc.):1. 'Nurk', character who finds it difficult to comprehend things.2. (pol.): Suspect whose reluctant admissions have to be extracted piecemeal. (The appellation is a jocular borrowing from the language of sexual intercourse, where it refers to a character who cannot reach an orgasm easily.) -
110 pion
I.n. m.1. (sch.): Invigilator-cum-assistantmaster whose main function in the French lycées is to see to basic disciplinary matters. (As the word suggests, he is a mere pawn on the chess-board of education.)2. N'avoir plus un pion: To be 'skint', 'broke', to be pennilcss. Désolé, mon vieux, j'ai plus un pion! Sorry, no sub, I haven't got a bean!II.adj. inv. 'Pissed', 'blotto', drunk. -
111 piqueur
n. m. 'Filch', light-fingered individual (one whose thieving habits are limited to objects of little value). -
112 pisteur
n. m. Night-club tout, one whose job it is to fill the seedier joints. -
113 poissard
I.n. m.1. Jinxed person, one who is plagued by misfortune.2. 'Jinx', one whose very presence seems to bring on bad luck.II.adj. 'Jinxy', directly associated with bad luck. -
114 pourri
I.n. m. 'Bastard', evil and utterly corrupt individual. (In his novel MESSIEURS LES HOMMES, San-Antonio has a character called Paul-lepourri whose nickname has a deeper meaning since he suffers from facial eczema.)II.adj.1. Un temps pourri: Foul weather.2. Etre pourri (of child): To be 'spoilt something rotten', to have been granted every wish regardless of trouble or cost.3. Etre pourri d'argent: To be 'stinking rich', to be 'rolling in it', to be very wealthy.4. Ne pas être pourri (of person): To be 'as fit as a fiddle', to be the picture of health. -
115 procu
n. m. (abbr. Procureur de la République): Member of the Bar of considerable standing whose function in French Courts is to prosecute on behalf of the State. -
116 rabat
n. m.1. (abbr. rabatteur): Night-club tout, one whose brief it is to steer in the big spenders.2. Rabat de col: 'Kickback', financial bribe. -
117 rabioteur
n. m. Un rabioteur: A 'Mr Fix-it', character whose winning ways always seem to help him come out on top. -
118 ravelure
n. f. (pej.): Old hag, woman whose good looks are a thing of the past but who has failed to acknowledge the judgement of time. -
119 ringard
I.n. m.1. (th.): 'Two-bit' actor, performer whose talent is very much in doubt.2. 'Gormless nurk', apathetic nonentity.3. (Prostitutes' slang): 'Punter', client. (This appellation is uncomplimentary but not derogatory.)II.adj.1. (th.): 'Tatty', of poor quality. (The adjective can refer to productions, performances, décor, etc.)2. (of person): 'Wet', 'useless', totally lacking in energy and spirit. Il est d'un ringard, ce mec! He's the original spineless wonder! (The feminine ringarde exists, but is seldom encountered.) -
120 sabreur
n. m.1. 'Superstud', 'randy so-and-so', man whose only motivation in life is sex.2. 'Bungler', 'botcher', character who always seems to make a mess of his work.
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