Difoara (Breton cant), to pay.
Dig-dig, or digue-digue, m. (thieves’), epileptic fit. Batteur de ——, vagabond who pretends to be seized with a fit.
Digonneur, m. (popular), ill-tempered man, a “shirty” one.
Dijonnier (popular), mustard-pot. The best mustard is manufactured at Dijon.
Diligence, f. (popular), de Rome, tongue, or “velvet.”
Dimanche (popular), or —— après la grand’ messe, never, at Doomsday, or when the devil is blind.
Dindonner (popular), to deceive; to impose upon, “to bamboozle.” From dindon, a dupe, a fool.
Dindornier, m. (thieves’), hospital attendant.
Dîner (popular), en ville, to dine off a small roll in the street. A philosophical way of putting it.
Dinguer (theatrical), to be out of the perpendicular; (popular) to walk, to lounge. Envoyer ——, to send to the deuce.