Ecluser (popular), to void urine, “to lag.”
Ecluses, f. pl. (popular), lâcher les ——, to weep, “to nap a bib;” to void urine, “to lag.”
Ecole préparatoire (thieves’), prison, “jug.” A kind of compulsory “Buz-napper’s Academy,” or school in which young thieves are trained.
Ecopage, m. (popular), blow, “prop,” “bang,” or “wipe;” collision; scolding, “bully-ragging;” the art of calling on one just at dinner time, so as to get an invitation.
Ecoper (popular), to drink. See [Rincer]. Properly to bale a boat. Ecoper, to receive a thrashing, “to get a walloping.”
Ecopeur, m. (popular), artful man who manages to get some small advantages out of people without appearing to ask for them.
Ecornage, m. (thieves’), vol à l’——, mode of robbery which consists in cutting out a small portion of a pane in a shop-window, and drawing out articles through the aperture by means of a rod provided with a hook at one of its extremities.
Ecorné, m. (thieves’), prisoner under examination, or “cross kid;” prisoner charged with an offence, “in trouble.”
Ecorner (popular), to slander; to abuse, “to bully rag; (thieves’), to break into; —— une boutanche, un boucard, to break into a shop, “to crack a swag.”
J’aimerais mieux faire suer le chêne sur le grand trimar, que d’écorner les boucards.—Vidocq.