Pianiste, m. (popular), executioner’s assistant. He is the accompanyist to the executioner, the principal performer.
Piano, m. (horse-dealers’), jouer du ——, is said of a horse which has a disunited trot. Maîtresse de ——. See [Maîtresse].
Pianoter (familiar), to be a poor performer on the piano.
On ne devait pas pianoter pendant la nuit—Balzac.
Piau, m. (printers’), falsehood, “cram.” From la peau! nonsense! (thieves’) bed. Pincer le ——, to go to bed, to get into “kip.” See [Pieu].
Piaulle, piole, or piolle, f. (thieves’), house, “crib, hangs-out, ken;” tavern. Same origin as picter. La —— a l’air rupin, there’s plenty to steal in that house.
Piausser (thieves’), to sleep, “to doss.” Se ——, to dress; to go to bed. See [Pieu].
Ils sont allés se piausser (se coucher) chez Bicêtre.—Vidocq.
(Printers’) Piausser, to lie; to humbug.