The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6. Эжен Сю

is termed "a boozing ken."

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      Sweet-throated: in reference to the tone of her voice.

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      One who strikes with the knife; the stabber, or slasher.

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      Under the lamp, called reverbère.

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      A "harlequin" is a collection of odds and ends of fish, flesh, and fowl, after they come from table, which the Parisian, providing for the class to which the Chourine

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Tapis-franc: literally, a "free carpet;" a low haunt equivalent to what in English slang is termed "a boozing ken."

2

Sweet-throated: in reference to the tone of her voice.

3

One who strikes with the knife; the stabber, or slasher.

4

Under the lamp, called reverbère.

5

A "harlequin" is a collection of odds and ends of fish, flesh, and fowl, after they come from table, which the Parisian, providing for the class to which the Chourineur belongs, finds a profitable and popular composition.

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The Screech-owl.

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A disease of the skin to which all who work in the water are liable.