Mauvaise (general), elle est ——! bad joke! bad trick! “sawdust and treacle!” none of that! “draw it mild!”
Mauve, f. (popular), umbrella of a reddish colour, a kind of “gingham.”
Mauviette, f. (popular), ribbon of a decoration in the button-hole.
Mayeux, m. (popular), humpback, or “lord.” Name given to a caricatured individual, a humpback, who appears in many of the coloured caricatures of 1830. Mayeux is a form of the old name Mahieu (Mathieu).
Mazagran, m. (general), coffee served up in a glass at cafés, or mixture of coffee and water.
Mazaro, or lazaro, m. (military), cells, “jigger,” Irish theatre, or mill.
Maze, f. (thieves’), abbreviation of Mazas, a central prison in Paris. Tirer un congé à la ——, to serve a term of imprisonment in Mazas.
Mazette, f. (military), recruit, or “Johnny raw;” man, or “cove.”
[Mec], or meg, m. (thieves’), master; chief, “dimber damber.”