[1] _Canon_ is the French word for cannon; it is also used in
vulgar parlance to mean a glass of wine drunk at the bar.
[2] _Battre les murailles_--to beat the walls--has a slang
meaning: to be so drunk that you can't see, or can't lie down without
holding on.
[3] Literally, _red bowels_--common slang for hard drinkers.
[4] _Cuir_ is an expression used to denote the error in
speaking, which consists--in French--in pronouncing a _t_ for an _s_,
and vice versa at the end of words which are joined in pronunciation to
the next word: _e.g., il etai-z-a la campagne_ for _il etait a la
campagne_.
[5] In the slang vocabulary, to _console_ one's coffee means to
add brandy to it.
[6] A _negresse_ is a bottle of red wine, and, as applied to
that article, _morte_ (dead) means empty.