Banquet, m. (freemasons’), dinner.
Banquette, f. (popular), chin.
Banquezingue, m. (thieves’), banker, “rag-shop cove.”
Banquiste (thieves’), one who prepares a swindling operation.
Baptême, m. (popular), head, “nut.”
Baquet, m. (popular), washerwoman; —— insolent, same meaning (an allusion to the impudence of Parisian washerwomen); —— de science, cobbler’s tub.
Barant, m. (thieves’), gutter, brook. From the Celtic baranton, fountain.
Baraque, f., disparaging epithet for a house or establishment; (servants’) a house where masters are strict and particular; a “shop;” newspaper of which the editor is strict with respect to the productions; (schoolboys’) cupboard; (soldiers’) a service stripe; (sharpers’) a kind of swindling game of pool.
Barbaque, or bidoche, f. (popular), meat, or “carnish.”
Barbe, f. (students’), private coaching. (Popular) Avoir de la —— is said of anything old, stale. (Theatrical) Faire sa ——, to make money. (Familiar) Vieille ——, old-fashioned politician. (Printers’) Barbe, intoxication, the different stages of the happy state being “le coup de feu,” “la barbe simple,” “la barbe indigne.” Prendre une ——, to get intoxicated, or “screwed.” (Popular) Barbe, women’s bully, or “pensioner.”