Urine de lapin (popular), bad and weak brandy.
Urle, f. (thieves’), the room where prisoners have interviews with visitors.
Urne, f. (popular), head, or “tibby.” Avoir un député dans l’——, to be enceinte.
Urpino, adj. (popular), excellent, “fizzing;” elegant. For rupino, rupin. C’est —— aux pommes, it is the height of elegance.
Ursule, f. (familiar), old maid.
Usager (popular), is said of a man with genteel manners.
User (military), son matricule, to serve in the army. Le numéro matricule is the soldier’s number. (Gamesters’) User le tapis, to play low; (familiar) —— sa salive, to argue uselessly. Ne pas avoir usé ses culottes sur les bancs, to be ignorant. (Thieves’) User la pierre ponce, to be a convict at a penal servitude settlement. From a simile. Pumice stone takes a long time to wear away.
Usine, f. (popular), place where one works.
Usiner (popular), to work, “to graft.”