Lingriot, m. (thieves’), penknife.
Linguarde, f. (popular), woman with a soft tongue.
Lingue, m. (thieves’), knife, or “chive.”
Linspré, m. (thieves’), prince. See [Limonade].
Linvé, m. (popular), loussem, twenty sous. The words “vingt sous” distorted. Un ——, a franc: “un lenquetré” being one franc and fifty centimes, or thirty sous, and “un larantqué,” two francs, or forty sous. These expressions are respectively the words un, trente, quarante, disguised.
Lion, m. (familiar), dandy of 1840. Fosse aux lions, box at the opera occupied by men of fashion. For synonymous terms see [Gommeux].
Lionnerie, f. (familiar), fashionable world.
Lipète, f. (popular), prostitute, “mot,” or “common Jack.” See [Gadoue].
Lipette, f. (popular), mason. Termed also ligorgniot.
Lipper (popular), to visit several wine-shops in succession.