Alliances, f. pl. (thieves’), handcuffs, “bracelets.” Properly wedding-rings.
Allonger (familiar), to pay, to “fork out;” —— les radis, to pay, “to shell out;” (military) —— la ficelle or la courroie, to make an addition to a penalty. S’——, to fall, to “come down a cropper.”
[Allume], m., confederate who makes sham bids at auctions, a “button.”
Allumé (thieves’), stared at.
Sur la placarde de Vergne
Il nous faudrait gambiller,
Allumés de toutes ces largues
Et du trèpe rassemblé.
Mémoires de Vidocq.
[Allumer] (thieves’), to look, “to stag,” to see, or “to pipe;” to keep a sharp look-out, to watch, “to nark.”