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1. Pcmf. ~A veiy low-cnshioned seat; a kiod of cricket This msaningof ^cw/*, thoogh not tmcommon, is not to b« fonnd in Frmdi dktlonaries. Poufïs from the English " i)uff."

2. Dame. — Why ! See note 13 to Maison de Penarvan. BtMe-mèrt, (tepmother, bas snperseded the ancient word marâtre, now onlj osed ia a bad sensé.

8. Ravier. — A small, elongated dish, used not only for radiahes, ai the name would seem to indicate, but for pickles, &c.

4. En train de faire un coup de tête. — Doing something desperate.

6. Turc. — Cruel, hard-hearted. Arabe is used somewhat in the aame sensé, though it more particularly désignâtes hardiiess in monej matters, and is sometimes synonymous with usurer.

6. Tient. — Imperative of tenir. To be translated by any exclamation of astonishment that renders the feeling of the speaker; aa, WhatI how ! bless me !

7. Il a de ça. — The meaning of this phrase dépends upon the gesture that accompanies it. Hère it signifies, " He bas a good heart."

8. // demande un pourboire . . . je la connais celle-là. — Poarboire, literally"to drink," is used to designate the gratuity commonly given to servants, &c., in addition to the regular charge. In je la cotmaù celle-là, some féminine noun, such as ruse, is onderstood. It may bc translated. "I know ail about that; Tm up to that."

9. Battre à plates coutures. — To beat soundly, to beat hollow. Battr€, rabattre les coutures, is literalh' to flatten down the seams; fiuniliarly, it means to put down the pride or a person.

10. Le* portes et fenêtre». — That is, the taxes apoa doors and Windows.

11. Tu fait bon marché de tor. autorité. — Ton hold your aath<»i^ cheap.

12. ça lui fMt une belle jambe (al^ay? used ironically). — Great good Jt doe« him ! Compare the nnalogoxis expression, Jin auraije la jambe wtie'jx faite? — Shall I be any the better off for ail that?

13. Carottes. — Tirer une carotte is to deceive, to chouse, to obtain tomething from any one by stratagem. For the origin of this veiy fiuùliar expression, see Gesln, Eécréaiions Philologiques.

14. File à tes affaires. — Be off to your busmess. Filer, in this sena^ in taken from the nautical term fier ; to rua, to veer ont, away.