Loubac, m. (popular), apprentice.

Loubion, m. (thieves’), bonnet or hat. See [Tubard].

Loubionnier, m. (thieves’), hat or bonnet maker.

Louche, f. (thieves’), hand, or “duke.” La ——, the police, or “reelers.” La —— le renifle, the police are tracing him, he is getting a “roasting.”

Louchée, f. (thieves’), spoonful. From louche, a soup ladle.

Loucher (popular), de la bouche, to have a constrained, insincere smile; —— de l’épaule, to be a humpback, or a “lord;” —— de la jambe, to be lame. Faire —— un homme, to inspire a man with carnal desire.

Loucherbem, m. (popular and thieves’), the word boucher disguised, see Lem; butcher. Corbillard des ——, see [Corbillard].

Louchon, m., louchonne, f. (popular), person who squints, one with “swivel-eyes.”

Louffer (popular and thieves’), to foist, “to fizzle.” Si tu louffes encore sans dire fion je te passe à travers, if you “fizzle” again without apologizing I’ll thrash you.

Louffiat, m. (popular), low cad. Termed in the English slang a “rank outsider.”