Dévisser (popular), le coco, to strangle; —— le trognon à quelqu’un, to wring a person’s neck. Se ——, to go away. Se —— la pétronille, to break one’s head.
Dévisseur, m. (popular), slanderer, backbiter.
Devoir (gay girls’), une dette, to have promised a rendez-vous.
Dévoyé, adj. (thieves’), acquitted.
Diable, m. (thieves’), instigator in the employ of the police.
Diamant, m. (theatrical), voice of a fine quality, “like a bell;” (popular) paving stone.
Dibolata, dibuni (Breton cant), to fight, to thrash.
Dictionnaire Verdier, m. (printers’), imaginary dictionary of which the name is shouted loud whenever one speaks or spells incorrectly.
Dieu (popular), le —— terme, rent day. Il n’y a pas de bon ——, see [Bon].
Difficulté, f. (sporting), être en ——, is said of a horse which can just keep the start obtained at the cost of the greatest efforts.