Chair, f. (cads’), dure! hit him hard! smash him! That is, Fais lui la chair dure! (Popular) Marchand de —— humaine, keeper of a brothel.
Chaises, f. pl. (popular), manquer de —— dans la salle à manger, to be minus several teeth. Noce de bâtons de ——, grand jollification, or “flare-up.”
Chaleur! (popular), exclamation expressive of contempt, disbelief, disappointment, mock admiration, &c.
Chaloupe, f. (popular), woman with dress bulging out. (Students’) La —— orageuse, a furious sort of cancan. The cancan is an eccentric dance, and one of rather questionable character. See [Chahut].
Chalouper (students’), to dance the above.
Chamailler (popular), des dents, to eat.
Chambard, m. (Ecole Polytechnique), act of smashing the furniture and destroying the effects of the newly-joined students.
Chambardement, m. (sailors’), overthrown; destruction.
Chambarder (sailors’), to hustle; to smash. At the Ecole Polytechnique, to smash, or create a disturbance.
Chamberlan, m. (popular), workman who works at home.