bégueules, haughty prudes

10. canaille, rabble, mob; from the Italian canaglia^ Latin canis, dog. The ending -aille dénotes contempt. Ex. valt" tailUt pritraille^ etc.

11. nous le plumons impitoyablement (plumer^ lit. to pluck the feathers), we fleece him unmercifuUy.

19. patenôtres, prayers. From Pater Noster. the Latin beginning of the Lord's Prayer.