Ecurer (popular), son chaudron, to go to confession. Literally to scour one’s stewpan.
Ecureuil, m. (popular), man or boy whose functions consist in propelling the wheels of engineers or turners.
Edredon, m. (popular), de trois pieds, truss of straw. (Prostitutes’) Faire l’——, to find a rich foreigner for a client.
Vous me demanderez peut-être ce que signifie, faire l’édredon.... L’eider est un oiseau exotique au duvet précieux.... Avec ce duvet on se fabrique des couches chaudes et moelleuses.... Les étrangers de distinction, qu’ils viennent du Nord ou du Midi, sont, eux aussi, des oiseaux dont les plumes laissées entre des mains adroites et caressantes n’ont pas moins de valeur que le duvet de l’eider.—P. Mahalin.
Ef, m. (prostitutes’), abbreviation of effet. Faire de l’——, to show oneself to advantage.
Effacer (popular), to eat or drink, see [Mastiquer]; —— un plat, to polish off the contents of a dish; —— une bouteille, to drink off a bottle of liquor.
Effaroucher (thieves’), to steal, “to ease,” or “to claim.” See [Grinchir].
Effet (theatrical), by-play, or those parts of a play which are intended to produce an impression on the audience. Avoir un ——, to have to say or do something which will make an impression on the spectators. Couper un ——, to spoil a fellow-actor’s “effet” by distracting the attention of the public from him to oneself.
Effets, m. pl. (familiar), faire des —— de biceps, to show off one’s strength. Faire des —— de poche, to make a show of possessing much money; to pay. Faire des —— de manchette, to exhibit one’s cuffs in an affected manner by a movement of the arm.