Respirante, f. (thieves’), mouth. Bâcle ta ——, shut your mouth, “button your bone-box.”
Resserrer son linge (popular), to die, “to snuff it.” For synonyms see [Pipe].
Ressorts, m. pl. (popular), woman’s privities, (Delvau.) Une commode à ——, a carriage, or “cask.” (Thieves’) Un crucifix à ressorts, a dagger, “chive.”
Restaurant à l’envers, m. (popular), privy, “Mrs. Jones.”
Rester (popular), en —— baba, to be astounded, or “flabbergasted.” Rester en figure, to be at a loss for words. (Prostitutes’) Rester dans la salle d’attente à reconnaître ses vieux bagages, to return home late at night without a client.
Restituer en doublure (popular), to die, “to snuff it.” For synonyms see [Pipe].
Restitution, f. (obsolete), faire ——, to vomit, “to cast up accounts.”
Resucée, f. (popular), thing which has already been said or heard.
Résurrection, f. (popular and thieves’), la ——, the prison of Saint-Lazare, in which prostitutes and unfaithful wives are incarcerated.
Retape, f. (general), the act of a prostitute seeking clients.