Criollier, m. (thieves’), butcher.
[Crique], m. and f. (popular), brandy; an ejaculation. Je veux bien que la —— me croque si je bois une goutte en plus de quatre litres par jour! may I be “jiggered” if I drink more than four litres a day!
Criquer (popular), se ——, to run away, “to slope.” See [Patatrot].
Cris de merluche, m. pl. (popular), frightful howling; loud complaints.
Cristalliser (students’), to idle about in a sunny place.
Croc, abbreviation of escroc, swindler.
Croche, f. (thieves’), hand, “famble,” or “daddle.”
Crocher (thieves’), to ring; to pick a lock, “to screw.” (Popular) Se ——, to fight.
Crocodile, m. (familiar), creditor, or dun; usurer; foreign student at the military school of Saint-Cyr.