Mêlé, m. (popular), mixture of anisette, cassis, or absinthe, with brandy.
Melet, m., melette, f., adj., (thieves’), small.
Mélo, m. (familiar and popular), abbreviation of mélodrame.
Le bon gros mélo a fait son temps.—Paris Journal.
Melon, m. (cadets’ of the military school of Saint-Cyr), a first-term student. Called “snooker” at the R. M. Academy, and “John” at the R. M. College of Sandhurst. (General) Un ——, a dunce, or “flat.” Termed “thick” at Winchester School.
Membre de la caravane, m. (popular), prostitute, or “mot.” See [Gadoue]. Euphemism for “chameau.”
Membrer (military), to drill; to work.
Poussant éternellement devant eux une brouette qu’ils avaient soin de laisser éternellement vide, s’arrêtant pour contempler ... les camarades qui membraient.—G. Courteline.
Ménage à la colle, m. (familiar), cohabitation of an unmarried couple, the lady being termed “wife in water-colours.”
Mendiant, m. (familiar), à la carte, a begging impostor who pretends to have been sent by a person whose visiting card he exhibits; —— à la lettre, begging-letter impostor; —— au tabac, beggar who pretends to pick up cigar ends.