Flûtes, f. pl. (popular), legs, or “pegs.” Termed also flûtes à café.

Fort des flûtes et de la pince,

Il était respecté, Navet.

Richepin.

Astiquer ses ——, to dance, “to shake a leg.” Jouer des ——, to run, “to cut.” Se tirer les ——, to run away, “to hop the twig.” See [Patatrot].

Flûtiste, m. (popular), hospital attendant.

Flux, m. (popular), avoir le ——, to be afraid. Literally to be suffering from diarrhœa.

Fluxion, f. (popular), avoir une ——, to be afraid, “to be funky.”

Fœtus, m., first year student at the military school of surgery.