French Union Army slang

A selection of French Union Army slang incorporating French, Arabic, and other terms.

=A=
 * aspi - Aspirant, officer candidate

=B=
 * brancardier - stretcher-bearer

=C=
 * cabot - mutt, corporal
 * cafard - cockroach, the blues (« Avoir le cafard », "To have the cockroach," to have the blues.)
 * cran - guts (« Il a des crans », "He's got guts.")
 * cure-dent - toothpick, bayonet

=G=
 * gosse - kid, a young soldier

=O=
 * l'off - officer

=P=
 * perlot - snout, baccy, tobacco
 * pinard - plonk, cheap wine (« Pas de pinard - pas de soldat! », "No wine - no soldier!")
 * premier canard - first duck, private first class
 * putain - whore, interjection (« Putain! », "Fuck!")

=S=
 * sammy - American, Uncle Sam
 * singe - monkey (canned meat, « Nous mangeons du singe pour le dîner » "We're eating monkey for dinner.")

=T=
 * toubib - medic, doc (from the Arabic طَبِيب‎ tabīb, "doctor")