CHINOIS, _m._ (popular), _an individual_, a “bloke,” a “cove;” _proprietor of coffee-house_; (familiar) _term of friendship_; (military) _term of contempt applied to civilians_, hence probably the expression “pékin,” _civilian_.
CHINOISERIE, _f._ (familiar), _quaint joke_; _intricate and quaint procedure or contrivance_.
CHIPE, _f._ (popular), _prigging_. From chiper, _to purloin_.
CHIPETTE, _f._ (popular), _trifle_; _nothing_; _Lesbian woman, that is, one with unnatural passions_.
CHIPIE, _f._ (familiar). Literally _girl or woman with a testy temper_, a “brim.” Faire sa ----, _to put on an air of supreme disdain or disgust_.
CHIPOTEUSE, _f._ (popular), _capricious woman_.
CHIQUE, _f._ Properly _quid of tobacco_. (Popular) Avoir sa ----, _to be in a bad humour_, “to be crusty,” or “cranky.” Avoir une ----, _to be drunk_, or “screwed.” See POMPETTE. Ça te coupe la ----, _that’s disappointing for you, that_ “cuts you up.” Coller sa ----, _to bend one’s head_. Couper la ---- à quinze pas, _to stink_. Poser sa ----, _to die_; _to be still_. Pose ta ---- et fais le mort! _be still!_ _shut up!_ _hold your row!_ (Thieves’) Chique, _church_.
CHIQUÉ (artists’), _smartly executed_. Also _said of artistic work done quickly without previously studying nature_. (Popular) Bien ----, _well dressed_.
CHIQUER (familiar), _to do anything in a superior manner_; _to do artistic work with more brilliancy than accuracy_; (popular) _to thrash_, “to wallop,” see VOIE; _to eat_, “to grub,” see MASTIQUER. Se ----, _to fight_, “to drop into one another.”
CHIQUER CONTRE or BATTRE À NIORT (thieves’), _to deny one’s guilt_.
CHIQUEUR, _m._ (popular), _glutton_, “stodger;” (artists’) _an artist who paints with smartness, or one who draws or paints without studying nature_.
CHIRURGIEN, _m._ (popular), en vieux, _cobbler_.
CHOCAILLON, _m._ (popular), _female rag-picker_; _female drunkard_, or “lushington.”
CHOCNOSO, CHOCNOSOF, CHOCNOSOGUE, KOSCNOFF, _excellent_, _remarkable_, _brilliant_, “crushing,” “nobby,” “tip-top,” “fizzing.”
CHOCOTTE, _f._ (rag-pickers’), _marrow bone_; (thieves’) _tooth_.
CHOLÉRA, _m._ (popular), _zinc or zinc-worker_; _bad meat_.
CHOLET, _m._ (popular), _white bread of superior quality_.