The Dictionary of slang Alfred Delvau is a chest full of treasures. We read there the slang of 19th century Paris, these thousands of popular words, pronounced by the various social strata that made up France at the time.
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Rather judge: a “gibelotte of gutter” is a “roof cat ; "To swallow up" means "to take pleasure in a place" ; a "lustucru" characterizes a "fool" when a "horse dealer" designates a "very not very honest man" .
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