Esquintement, m. (general), excessive fatigue; (thieves’) burglary, or “busting.”
Esquinter (familiar), to damage; to fatigue; (popular) to thrash; see [Voie]; (thieves’) to kill; see [Refroidir]; to break. La carouble s’est esquintée dans la serrante, the key has been broken in the lock. (Familiar) S’——, or s’—— le tempérament, to tire oneself out.
Esquinteur (thieves’), housebreaker, “panny-man,” “screwsman,” or “buster.”
Essayer (theatrical), le tremplin, to act in an unimportant play, which is given as a preliminary to a more important one; to be the first to sing at a concert. (Soldiers’) Envoyer —— une chemise de sapin, to kill.
Essence, f. (general), de parapluie, water.
Esses (popular), faire des ——, to reel about.
[Essuyer] (familiar), les plâtres, to kiss the face of a female whose cheeks are painted.
Essuyeuse, f. (familiar), de plâtres, street-walker. See [Gadoue].
Estable, f. (thieves’), fowl, “beaker.”