CASQUEUR, _m._ (theatrical), _spectator who is not on the free list_.
CASSANT, _m._ (thieves’), _walnut tree_; (sailors’) _biscuit_.
CASSANTES, _f. pl._ (thieves’), _teeth_, or “head-rails;” _nuts_; _walnuts_.
CASSE, _f._ (popular), _chippings of pastry sold cheap_. Je t’en ----, _that’s not for you_.
CASSE-GUEULE, _m._ (popular), _suburban dancing-hall; strong spirits_, or “kill devil.”
CASSEMENT, _m._ (thieves’), de porte, _housebreaking_, “cracking a Crib.”
CASSER, (thieves’), _to eat_, “to grub;” ---- du sucre, or se mettre à table, _to confess_; ---- du sucre, or ---- du sucre à la rousse, _to peach_, “to blow the gaff;” ---- la hane, _to steal a purse_, “to buz a skin;” ---- sa canne, _to sleep_, or “to doss;” _to be very ill_; _as a ticket-of-leave man, to break bounds_; _to die_; ---- sa ficelle, _to escape from the convict settlement_; (popular) ---- un mot, _to talk_; ---- du bec, _to have an offensive breath_; ---- du grain, _to do nothing of what is required_; ---- du sucre sur la tête de quelqu’un, _to talk ill of one in his absence, to backbite_; ---- la croustille, _to eat_, “to grub;” ---- la gueule à une négresse, _to drink a bottle of wine_; ---- la gueule à un enfant de chœur, _to drink a bottle of wine_ (red-capped like a chorister); ---- la marmite, _to quarrel with one’s bread and cheese_; ---- le cou à un chat, _to eat a rabbit stew_; ---- le cou à une négresse, _to discuss a bottle of wine_; ---- sa pipe, son câble, son crachoir, or son fouet, _to die_, “to kick the bucket,” “to croak.” See PIPE. Casser son œuf, _to have a miscarriage_; ---- son pif, _to sleep_, “to have a dose of balmy;” ---- son lacet, _to break off one’s connection with a mistress_, “to bury a moll;” ---- une roue de derrière, _to spend part of a five-franc piece_. Se la ----, _to get away_, _to move off_, “to hook it.” See PATATROT. N’avoir pas cassé la patte à coco, _to be dull-witted_, or “soft.” (Familiar) A tout ----, _tremendous; awful_. Une noce à tout ----, _a rare jollification_, “a flare-up,” or “break-down.” Un potin à tout ----, _a tremendous row_, or “shindy.”
CASSEROLAGE, _m._ (thieves’), _informing against an accomplice_.
CASSEROLE, _f._ (thieves’), _informer_, or “buz-man;” _spy_, or “nark;” _police officer_, or “copper.” See POT-À-TABAC. Casserole, _prostitute_, or “bunter.” See GADOUE. Coup de ----, _denunciation_, or “busting.” Passer à ----, _to be informed against_. (Popular) Casserole, _name given to the Hôpital du Midi_. Passer à ----, see PASSER.