Cuisse. — Leg; literally, thigh

28. Soigné'. — Got up in the best style. Soigné is often used in very familiar conversation in the sensé of good, excellent ; thus, un petit dîner soigné might perhaps be translated a capital little dinner.

1. IS oiseau-mouche. — The humming bird; literally, the fly-bird. In such compounds it is the second noun that is used adjectively, not the first, as in English.