Branque, m. (thieves’), donkey, “moke.”
Bras, brasse, adj. (thieves’), large. From brasse, a fathom.
Braser (thieves’), des faffes, to forge documents, to “screeve fakements;” to forge bank-notes, or to “fake queer-soft.”
Brasset, m. (thieves’), big, stout man.
Brave, m. (popular), shoemaker, or “snob.”
Bréchet, m. (popular), stomach.
Brèchetelles, f., a kind of German cakes eaten at beershops.
Breda-street, the quarter of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette patronized by women of the demi-monde (the Paris Pimlico, or St. John’s Wood).
Bredoche, f. (popular), centime.
Bredouille, f. (popular), chevalier de la ——, one who goes out shooting on Sundays in the purlieus of Paris. From revenir bredouille, to return with an empty bag.