CAFARD, _m._ (military), _officer who makes himself unpleasant_; _a busybody_.
CAFARDE, _f._ (thieves’), _moon_, “parish lantern;” _cup_.
CAFARDER (popular), _to be a hypocrite_, a “mawworm.”
CAFÉ, _m._ C’est un peu fort de ----, _it is really too bad, coming it too strong_. Prendre son ----, _to laugh at_.
CAFETIÈRE, _f._ (thieves’ and cads’), _head_, “canister.” See TRONCHE.
CAFOUILLEUX, _m._ (popular), espèce de ----! _blockhead!_ “bally bounder!”
CAGE, _f._ (popular), _workshop with glass roof_; _prison_, or “stone jug;” ---- à chapons, _monastery_; ---- à jacasses, _nunnery_; ---- à poulets, _dirty, narrow room_, “a hole;” (printers’) _workshop_.
CAGNE, _f._ (popular), _wretched horse_, or “screw;” _worthless dog_; _lazy person_; _police officer_, or “bobby.”
CAGNOTTE, _f._ (familiar), _money-box in which is deposited each player’s contribution to the expenses of a game_. Faire une ----, _to deposit in a money-box the winnings of players which are to be invested to the common advantage of the whole party_.
CAGOU, _m._ (thieves’), _rogue who operates single-handed_; _expert thief_, or “gonnof,” _who takes charge of the education of the uninitiated after the manner of the old Jew Fagin_ (see _Oliver Twist_); _a tutor such as is to be met with in a_ “buz napper’s academy,” _or training school for thieves_; _in olden times a lieutenant of the_ “grand Coëre,” _or king of rogues_. The kingdom of the “grand Coëre” was divided into as many districts as there were “provinces” or counties in France, each superintended by a “cagou.” Says _Le Jargon de l’Argot_:--
Le cagou du pasquelin d’Anjou résolut de se venger de lui et de lui jouer quelque tour chenâtre.
CAHUA, _m._ (French soldiers’ in Algeria), _coffee_. Pousse ----, _brandy_.
CAILLOU, _m._ (popular), _grotesque face_; _head_, or “block;” _nose_, or “boko;” ---- déplumé, _bald head_, or “bladder of lard.” N’avoir plus de mousse sur le ----, _to be bald_, “to be stag-faced.”
CAILLOUX, _m. pl._ (popular), petits ----, _diamonds_.
CAÏMAN, _m._ (Ecole Normale school), _usher_.
CAISSE, _f._ (popular), d’épargne, _mouth_, or “rattle-trap;” (familiar) ---- des reptiles, _fund for the bribing of journalists_; ---- noire, _secret funds at the disposal of the Home Secretary and Prefect of Police_. Battre la ----, _to puff up_. Sauver la ----, _to appropriate or abscond with the contents of the cash-box_.