Bille, f. (thieves), money, or “pieces” (from billon); (popular) head, “tibby,” “block,” “nut,” “canister,” “chump,” “costard,” “attic,” &c.; —— à châtaigne, grotesque head (it is the practice in France to carve chestnuts into grotesque heads); —— de billard, bald pate, “bladder of lard;” —— de bœuf, chitterling.
Billemon, billemont, m. (thieves’), bank-note, “soft,” “rag,” or “flimsy.”
Billeoz (Breton), money.
Billeozi (Breton), to pay.
Biller (thieves’), to pay, “to dub.”
Billet, m. (popular), direct pour Charenton, absinthe taken neat. Prendre un —— de parterre, to fall, “to come a cropper.” Je vous en fous or fiche mon ——, I assure you it is a fact, “on my Davy,” “’pon my sivvy,” or “no flies.”
Billez (Breton), girl; peasant woman.
Bince, m. (thieves’), knife, “chive.”
Malheur aux pantres de province,
Souvent lardé d’un coup de bince,