Guide, m. (thieves’), the prime-mover in a murder.
C’est toujours le pégriot, le guide ou le toucheur qui devient à priori le chef d’attaque responsable d’une affaire criminelle.—Mémoires de Monsieur Claude.
Guignard, m. (popular), ill luck.
Guigne-à-gauche, m. (popular), squinting man, or one with “swivel eyes.” From guigner, to scan.
Guignol, m. (popular), small theatre.
Guignolant, adj. (popular), unlucky; annoying.
Guignonné, adj. (popular), être ——, to be unlucky at a game.
Guillotine sèche, f. (familiar), transportation. To be transported is expressed in the language of English rogues by the term “lighting the lumper.”
Guimbard, m. (thieves’), the van that conveys prisoners to gaol. Called by English rogues “Black Maria.”