la poigne : ' Grip.' Distinguish thèse words

le poing (fîst), la poigne (grip), le poignet (wrist), la poignée (handful, handclasp, handle).

42.4. l'argousin : ' Warder,' ' convict-keeper,' the man who looks after the gang of convicts at work. The word is a corruption of the Spanish ' alguazil ' and the Italian ' aguzzino,' and is used occasionally as a contemptuous term for ' sergent de ville ' or ' agent (de sûreté).'

42.5. pain bis: brown, or, as we should call it rather, coarse, grey bread.

43. T. Bien malin, etc. : 'A pretty smart cop it would be that recognized me.'