Aminche, aminchemar, aminchemince, m. (thieves’), friend, “ben cull;” —— d’aff, accomplice, “stallsman.”
Amis, m. pl. (popular), comme cochons, “thick” friends.
Amiteux, adj. (popular), friendly, amiable, gentle.
Amocher (popular), to bruise, to ill-treat, to “manhandle.” S’—— la gueule, to maul one another’s face, to “mug” one another.
Amorcé, adj. (popular), furnished, garnished.
V’la qu’est richement amorcé, j’en suis moi-même ébaubi.—Richepin.
Amoureux (popular), hunchback, or “lord;” —— de carême, a timid lover. Literally a “Lent lover.” (Printers’) Papier ——, paper that blots.
Ampafle, m. (thieves’), cloth.
Amphi, m. (students’), abbreviation of amphithéâtre, lecture room.
Amphibie (typographers’), typographer who is at the same time a printer and reader, “donkey.”