Craquelin, m. (popular), liar. From craque, fib.
Crasse, f. (familiar), mean or stingy action. Baron de la ——, see [Baron].
Cravache, f. (sporting), être à la ——, to be at a whip’s distance.
Cravate, f. (popular), de chanvre, noose, or “hempen cravat;” —— de couleur, rainbow; —— verte, women’s bully, “ponce.” See [Poisson].
Crayon, m., stockbroker’s clerk. The allusion is obvious.
Créature, f. (familiar), strumpet.
Crèche, f. (cads’), faire une tournée à la ——, or à la chapelle, is said of a meeting of Sodomists.
Credo, m. (thieves’), the gallows.
Crêpage, m. (popular), a fight; a tussle. Un —— de chignons, tussle between two females, in which they seize one another by the hair and freely use their nails.
Crêper (popular), le chignon, or le toupet, to thrash, “to wallop.” See [Voie]. Se —— le chignon, le toupet, to have a set to.