Combrier, m. (thieves’), hat-maker.
Combrieu. See [Comble].
Combrousier, m. (thieves’), peasant, or “clod.”
Combustible, m. (popular), du ——! exclamation used to urge one on, On! go it!
Come, m. (thieves’), formerly a guard on board the galleys.
Comédie, f. (popular), envoyer à la ——, to dismiss a workman for want of work to give him. Etre à la ——, to be out of work, “out of collar.”
Comestaux, m. pl. (popular), for comestibles, articles of food, “toke.”
Comète, f. (popular), vagrant, tramp. Filer la ——, or la sorgue, to sleep in the open air, or “to skipper it.”
Comiques, m. pl. (theatrical), jouer les —— habillés, to represent a comic character in modern costume.
Commander (thieves’), à cuire, to send to the scaffold.