Chiqué (artists’), smartly executed. Also said of artistic work done quickly without previously studying nature. (Popular) Bien ——, well dressed.

Chiquement, with [chic] (which see).

Chiquer (familiar), to do anything in a superior manner; to do artistic work with more brilliancy than accuracy; (popular) to thrash, “to wallop,” see [Voie]; to eat, “to grub,” see [Mastiquer]. Se ——, to fight, “to drop into one another.”

Chiquer contre or battre à niort (thieves’), to deny one’s guilt.

Chiqueur, m. (popular), glutton, “stodger;” (artists’) an artist who paints with smartness, or one who draws or paints without studying nature.

Chirurgien, m. (popular), en vieux, cobbler.

Chnic. See [Chenique].

Chocaillon, m. (popular), female rag-picker; female drunkard, or “lushington.”

Chocnoso, chocnosof, chocnosogue, koscnoff, excellent, remarkable, brilliant, “crushing,” “nobby,” “tip-top,” “fizzing.”