Excerpt from The Mysteries of Paris, Vol. 1
This word, in the slang of theft and murder, signifies a drinking-shop of the lowest class. A returned convict, who, in this foul phraseology, is called an ogre, or a woman in the same degraded state, Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Mysteries of Paris, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) (Eugene Sue)