Un —— de maison, receiver of stolen property, or “fence;” landlord of a thieves’ lodging-house, or “flash ken.” Un —— mijou, or mitou, a vagabond suffering, or pretending to suffer, from some ailment, and who makes capital of such ailment. Messière ——, bourgeois or citizen.
En faisant nos gambades,
Un grand messière franc
Voulant faire parade
Serre un bogue d’orient.
Vidocq.
(Military) C’est ——, well and good; that’s all right.
Franc-carreau, m. (prisoners’), punishment which consists in being compelled to sleep on the bare floor of the cell.
Francfiler (familiar and popular), was said of those who left Paris during the war, and sought a place of safety in foreign countries.
Il n’avait pas voulu francfiler pendant le siège.—E. Monteil, Cornebois.