Misloquier, m., misloquière, f. (thieves’), actor, “cackling cove,” or “mug faker,” and actress.
Mississipi, m. (popular), au ——, very far away.
Mistenflûte, f. (popular), thingumbob.
Mistiche (thieves’), un ——, half a “setier,” or small measure of wine. Une ——, half an hour.
Mistick, m. (thieves’), foreign thief.
Mistigris, or misti, m. (popular), knave of clubs; apprentice to a house decorator.
Miston (thieves’). See [Allumer]. (Popular) Mon ——, my boy, “my bloater.”
Mistouf, or mistouffle, f. (popular), practical joke; scurvy trick. Faire une —— à quelqu’un, to pain, to annoy one.
Vous lui aurez fait quelque mistouf, vous l’aurez menacée de quelque punition, et alors.—A. Cim, Institution de Demoiselles.
Coup de ——, scurvy trick brewing. Faire des mistouffles, to teaze, “to spur,” to annoy one. (Thieves’) Mistouffle à la saignante, trap laid for the purpose of murdering one.