Chocotte, f. (rag-pickers’), marrow bone; (thieves’) tooth.
Choléra, m. (popular), zinc or zinc-worker; bad meat.
Cholet, m. (popular), white bread of superior quality.
Cholette, f. (thieves’), half a litre. Double ——, a litre.
Choper (popular), to steal, “to prig.” See [Grinchir]. Old word choper, to touch anything, to make it fall. Se laisser ——, to allow oneself to be caught, to be “nabbed.”
Chopin, m. (thieves’), theft; stolen object; blow. Faire un ——, to commit a theft.
Chose, adj. (familiar and popular), ill at ease; sad; embarrassed. Il prit un air ——, he looked sad or embarrassed. Je me sens tout ——, I feel ill at ease; queer.
Chou! (thieves’ and cads’), a warning cry to intimate that the police or people are coming up. Termed also “Acresto!”
Choucarde, f. (military), wheelbarrow.
Chouchouter (familiar), to fondle, “to firkytoodle;” to spoil one. From chouchou, darling.