GIGOLO

In the first place, gigolo is slang. In the second place (with no desire to appear patronizing, but one’s French conversation class does not include the argot), it is French slang. In the third place, the gig is pronounced zhig, and the whole is not a respectable word. Finally, it is a term of utter contempt.

A gigolo, generally speaking, is a man who lives off women’s money. In the mad year 1922 A. W., a gigolo, definitely speaking, designated one of those incredible and pathetic male creatures, born of the war, who, for ten francs or more or even less, would dance with any woman wishing to dance on the crowded floors of public tea rooms, dinner or supper rooms in the caf�s, hotels, and restaurants of France. Lean, sallow, handsome, expert, and unwholesome, one