MvXe du pape, A sort of meaningless oath (lit., the

pope's slipper, »,e., **By the Pope's Toe"), and

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appaientlj a favorite with the old chevalier. Mvlê is a kind of slipper, and the word is used in the exprenion, la mule dupape, to designate the slipper wom hy th» Pontiif on occasionB of the oeremonj of kiasing the Pope's toe, a circumstanoe conf erring a spécial dignity npon this particular article of f ootwear. lianj persons use the ahove expression in thinking of the animal mule (cf. Daudet's "conte/' La Mule du Pape), sinoe the meaning of slipper is no longer regularly assodated with the word.

Hôtel ga^^i {or meublé), Lodging-hoose.

Jour de harbe. Shaving-daj.

Savofwnette, ShavingHEK)ap ; sometimes nsed, also, for pinceau à harbe^ shaving-brosh, otherwise oalled blaireau (cf. p. d9, 1. 24).

Olabre=^âépourvue de poils; futée=fine, rusée.

Uaigle. Aquiline, hooked, prominent (speaking of the nose).

29. 10. Que me chantez-vous=queUes sottises me dites^vous, A f amiliar use of chanter.