Cocovieilles, f. pl., name given by fashionable young ladies of the aristocracy to their old-fashioned elders, who return the compliment by dubbing them “cocosottes.”
Cocufieur, m. (popular), one who cuckoos, that is, one who lays himself open to being called to account by an injured husband as the co-respondent in the divorce court.
Coenne, or couenne, f. (thieves’), de lard, brush. (Familiar and popular) Couenne, stupid man, dunce.
Coëre, m. (thieves’), le grand ——, formerly the king of rogues.
Cœur, m. (popular), jeter du —— sur le carreau, to vomit. A pun on the words “hearts” and “diamonds” of cards on the one hand, avoir mal au ——, to feel sick, and “carreau,” flooring, on the other. Valet de ——, lover.
Cœur d’artichaut, m. (popular), man or woman with an inflammable heart.
Paillasson, quoi! cœur d’artichaut,
C’est mon genre; un’ feuille pour tout l’monde,
Au jour d’aujourd’hui j’gobe la blonde;