Gringoire, Le Contentement du Récidiviste, à l’ancre!
Yeux, m. pl. (familiar), culottés, eyes surrounded with a dark circle; —— en trou de vrille, small eyes with stupid expression.
Youte, or youtre, m. (popular), Jew. From the German. Termed also “frisé, pied plat, guinal,” and, in the English slang, “ikey, sheney, mouchey.” Jardin des youtres, Jewish cemetery.
Youtrerie, f. (popular), gathering of Jews; avarice.
You-you, m. (convicts’), warder at the penal servitude settlement.
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Zéph, m. (popular), wind. Se pousser du ——, to run away. See [Patatrot].
Zéphir, m. (military), soldier of the “bataillon d’Afrique,” a corps serving in Africa only, composed of soldiers who have been in prison for a common law offence, and who have not completed their term of service. A pun on the words voler comme le zéphir.