Rouffionner (popular), to break wind; —— sans dire fion, to do so without apologizing.
Rouffle, f. (thieves’), blow, “wipe.” Also a kick.
Roufflée, f. (military), a terrible thrashing, after which one is “knocked into a cocked hat.”
Rouflaquette, f. (familiar and popular), lock of hair worn twisted from the temple back towards the ear, “aggerewaters, or Newgate knockers.”
Sous l’bord noir et gras d’ma casquette,
Avec mes doigts aux ongu’ en deuil,
J’sais rien m’coller eun’ rouflaquette
Tout l’long d’la temp’, là, jusqu’à l’œil.
Richepin.
“When men,” says the Slang Dictionary, “twist the hair on each side of their faces into ropes, they are sometimes called ‘bell-ropes,’ as being wherewith to draw the belles. Whether ‘bell-ropes’ or ‘bow-catchers,’ it is singular they should form part of a prisoner’s adornment.” These ornaments in France are sported only by prostitutes’ bullies, who on that account are termed “rouflaquettes.”