A débute par un beau livre; B à vingt-cinq ans, expose un beau tableau.... Les mille obstacles de la bohème leur barrent le chemin... Ils resteront intelligents, mais ... ils ont manqué le train.—Tony Révillon.
Manquesse, f. (thieves’), bad character given to a prisoner on trial. Raffiler la ——, to give a bad character.
Manuscrit belge, m. (printers’), printed copy to be composed. According to Eugène Boutmy the origin of the expression is to be found in the practice which existed formerly of entrusting Belgian compositors in Paris with printed copy only, and not manuscript, on account of their ignorance of the language.
Mappemonde, f. (popular), bosoms, “Charlies, or dairies.” Termed also “avant-scènes, œufs sur le plat, avant-postes,” &c.
Maqua, f. (familiar and popular), obsolete, mistress of a brothel.
Maquart, m. (popular), bidoche, or bifteck de ——, horseflesh. From the name of a knacker.
Maque. See [Mac].
Maquecée, f. (popular), mistress of a brothel. Called also “abbesse.”
Maquereautage. See [Macrotage].
Maquereautin. See [Macrotin].