ENVOYER (general), à la balançoire, à loustaud, à l’ours, dinguer, à Chaillot, _to send to the deuce_, see CHAILLOT; ---- en paradis, _to kill_, “to give one his gruel;” ---- quelqu’un aux pelotes, _to send one to the deuce_. (Thieves’) Envoyer quelqu’un à Niort, _to say no to one, to refuse_; ---- en parade, _to kill_. (Popular and thieves’) Se l’----, _to eat_, “to grub.” See MASTIQUER.
EPAIS, _m._ (players’), _five and six of dominoes_.
EPARGNER (thieves’), n’---- le poitou, _to be careful_.
N’épargnons le poitou, Poissons avec adresse, Messières et gonzesses, Sans faire de regoût.
EPATAMMENT (popular), _wonderfully_, “stunningly.”
EPATANT, ÉPATAROUFLANT, _adj._ (general), _wonderful_; _wondrous_, “stunning,” “crushing.”
EPATE, _f._ (general), faire de l’----, _to show off_.
EPATEMENT, _m._ (general), _astonishment_.
EPATER, ÉPATAROUFLER (general), quelqu’un, _to astound one, to make him wonder at something or other_.
EPATEUR, _m._, ÉPATEUSE, _f._ (general), _one who shows off_; _one who tries to astound people by showing off_.
EPAULE, _f._ (general), changer son fusil d’----, _to alter one’s opinion; to change one’s mind_.
EPÉE, _f._ (popular), de Savoyard, _fisticuffs_.
EPICÉ, _adj._ (general), _at an exaggerated price_. C’est diablement ----, _it is a long price_.
EPICÉPHALE, _m._ (students’), _hat_. See TUBARD.
EPICER (popular), _to scoff at_; _to deride_.
EPICERIE, _f._ (artists’), _the world of Philistines_, “non digni intrare.”
EPICE-VINETTE, _m._ (thieves’), _grocer_.
EPICIER, M. (familiar), _man devoid of any artistic taste_; _mean, vulgar man_; termed also “commerçant;” (students’) _one who does not take up classics at college_.
EPILER (popular), se faire ---- la pêche, _to get shaved_.
EPINARDS (artists’), plat d’----, _painting where tones of crude green predominate_. (Popular) Aller aux ----, _to receive money from a prostitute_.
EPINGLE, _f._ (popular), avoir une ---- à son col, _to have a glass of wine waiting ready poured out for one at a neighbouring wine-shop, and paid for by a friend_.
EPITONNER (thieves’), s’----, _to grieve_.
EPOINTER (popular), son foret, _to die_, “to kick the bucket,” or “to snuff it.” See CASSER SA PIPE.
EPONGE, _f._ (general), _paramour_; _drunkard_, or “lushington;” ---- à sottises, _gullible man_, “gulpin;” ---- d’or, _attorney_, or “green bag.” An allusion to the long bills of lawyers.