Bocque, bogue, m. (thieves’), watch, “tattler.”
Bocson (common), house of ill-fame, “nanny-shop;” (thieves’) lodgings, “dossing-ken.”
Montron ouvre ta lourde,
Si tu veux que j’aboule
Et piausse en ton bocson.
Vidocq, Mémoires.
[Bœuf], m. (popular), king of playing cards; shoemaker’s workman, or journeyman tailor, who does rough jobs. Avoir son ——, to get angry, “to nab the rust.” Etre le ——, to work without profit. Se mettre dans le ——, to be reduced in circumstances, an allusion to bœuf bouilli, very plain fare. (Printers’) Bœuf, composition of a few lines done for an absentee. Bœuf, adj., extraordinary, “stunning;” enormous; synonymous of “chic” at the Ecole Saint-Cyr; (cads’) pleasant.
Bœufier, m. (popular), man of choleric disposition, one prone “to nab his rust.”
Boffete, f., box on the ear, “buck-horse.” From the old word buffet.
Bog, or bogue, f. (thieves’), watch; —— en jonc, —— d’orient, gold watch, “red ’un,” or “red toy;” —— en plâtre, silver watch, “white ’un.”