How we must lament that disposition in these lovely creatures which leads them to prefer in their favour those individuals of the other sex who do not seem intended by nature as so great a masterpiece!... If this be true, how melancholy must be the consideration that any single beau, especially if he have but half a yard of ribbon in his hat, shall weigh heavier in the scale of female affection than twenty Sir Isaac Newtons!—Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great.
Mirquin, m. (thieves’), woman’s cap.
Mirzales, f. pl. (thieves’), earrings.
Mise, f. (prostitutes’), faire sa ——, to pay a prostitute her fee, or “present.” (Popular) Mise à pied, temporary or permanent dismissal from one’s employment, the “sack.”
Mise-bas, f. (popular) strike of work; (servants’) cast-off clothes which servants consider as their perquisites.
Miser (gamesters’), to stake.
Et si je gagne ce soir cinq à six mille francs au lansquenet, qu’est-ce que soixante-dix mille francs de perte pour avoir de quoi miser?—Balzac.
Misérable, m. (popular), one halfpenny glass of spirits, “un monsieur” being one that will cost four sous, and “un poisson” five sous.
Misloque, or mislocq, f. (thieves’), theatre; play. Flancher, or jouer la ——, to act.
Ah! ce que je veux faire, je veux jouer la mislocq.—Vidocq.