Artilleur (popular), drunkard; one skilful in working the “canon,” or glass of wine at wine-shops; —— à genoux, or de la pièce humide, a military hospital orderly; —— à l’aiguille, tailor; —— de la pièce humide, a fireman; also, one who is voiding urine, or “lagging.”
Artis, m. (thieves’), langage de l’——, cant, or “flash.”
Artiste, m. (popular), veterinary surgeon, “vet;” spendthrift leading a careless life; sweeper; comrade, or “pal.”
Arton. See [Artie].
Artoupan, m. (thieves’), guard or warder at a penal servitude depôt, or “screw.”
Art royal (freemasons’), freemasonry.
As, m. (popular), être à l’——, to be short of cash, “hard up;” at a restaurant or café, to be at table, or in private room No. 1. Un —— de carreau, soldier’s knapsack, thus called from its shape; a town adjutant, an allusion to the red facings of his uniform. (Thieves’) As de carreau, the ribbon of the Legion of Honour, which is red. (Familiar) Fichu comme l’—— de pique, with a clumsily built form, badly dressed. As de pique meant formerly a man of no consequence, of no intellectual worth.
Asinver (thieves’), to make stupid.
Asperge montée, f. (popular), very tall, lanky person; “sky-scraper,” or “lamp-post.”
[Asphalte], m. (familiar), polir l’——, to lounge on the Boulevards.