ENFANT, _m._ (thieves’), _short crowbar used by housebreakers_. Termed also “Jacques, sucre de pomme, rigolo, biribi, dauphin;” and by English rogues, “the stick, James, jemmy;” _strong box_, or “peter;” ---- de la matte, _one of the confraternity of thieves_, or “family-man.” (Popular) Un ---- de chœur, _sugar loaf_. Un ---- de giberne, _soldier’s child_. Un ---- de trente-six pères, _a prostitute’s offspring_. (Familiar) Un ---- de la balle, _an actor’s child, or one who follows the same calling as his father_.
ENFIFRÉ, _m._ (popular), _Sodomist_, _slow man_, or “slow coach.”
ENFIGNEUR, _m._ (popular and thieves’), _Sodomist_. See GOUSSE.
ENFILER (popular), _to take red-handed_; _to have connection_; ---- des briques, _to be fasting_, _to be_ “bandied;” ---- des perles. See PERLES. Se faire ----, _to be caught in the act of stealing_.
ENFLAMMÉS, _m. pl._ (military), _soldiers under arrest whose fondness for the fair sex has caused them to delay their attendance at barracks more than is consistent with their military duties, and has brought them into trouble_.
ENFLANELLER (popular), s’----, _to take a grog_, “a nightcap.”
ENFLAQUER (thieves’), _to seize_; _to apprehend_, “to smug.” See PIPER. J’ai enflaqué le bogue et le morningue du pante, _I laid hands on the_ “cove’s” _watch and purse_.
J’ai manqué d’être enflaqué sur le boulevard du Temple.--=VIDOCQ.=
ENFLÉE, _f._ (thieves’), _bladder_; _skin which contains brandy or wine_.
ENFLER (popular), _to drink_, “to lush.” See RINCER.
ENFONCÉ, _adj._ (familiar), _ruined_; _outwitted_, “done brown.”
ENFONCER (familiar), _to outwit one_, “to do one.”
ENFONCEUR, _m._ (familiar), _a business man or financier who makes dupes_; _harsh critic_; (thieves’) _swindler_, or “shark;” ---- de flancheurs de gadin, _rogue who robs of their halfpence players at the game called_ “bouchon” (_played with a cork and halfpence_). He treads on one of the coins, which, by a skilful motion of the foot, remains in the interstices of his worn-out shoe. The “business” is, of course, not a very profitable one.
ENFOURAILLER (thieves’), _to apprehend_, “to smug;” _to imprison_, “to give the clinch.” See PIPER.
ENFOURNER (popular), _to imprison_, “to give the clinch.” See PIPER.