Carapater (popular), to run, “to brush.” Se ——, to run away, or “to slope.” Literally, courir à pattes. See [Patatrot].
Caravane, f. (popular), travelling show, or “slang.” Des caravanes, love adventures. Termed also “cavalcades.”
Carbeluche, m. (thieves’), galicé, silk hat.
Carcagno, or carcagne, m. (thieves’), usurer.
Carcagnotter (thieves’), to be a usurer.
Carcan, m. (popular), worthless horse, or “screw;” opprobrious epithet; gaunt woman; —— à crinoline, street-walker. See [Gadoue].
Carcasse, f. (thieves’), états de ——, loins. Carcasse, in popular language, body, or “bacon.” Je vais te désosser la ——, I’ll break every bone in your body.
Carcassier, m. (theatrical), clever playwright.
Carder (popular), to claw one’s face. Properly to card.
Cardinale, f. (thieves’), moon, or “parish lantern.”