citrouille

• La carcasse (self-explanatory) the head = le caillou the nut = la citrouille (literally, the pumpkin, and isn't it interesting that this most male of body parts is feminine gender?) the nose or schnoz = le pif the ticker = le palpitant —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
• As its equivalent, in vocabulary I could devise only a somewhat archaical English whose old-fashioned and sub-antique flavour would contrast with our modern and everyday speech, admitting at times even Latin and French terms, such as res scibilis and citrouille. —  Arabian nights. English
• There is a desolate garden divided into three by a criss-cross fence and a hedge, and over the last a huge orange citrouille has clambered and lies perched on the top. —  Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873
• _ [ "Eat up with aristocracy."] _ "Je vous en defie," _ [ "I defy you."] retorted the pumpkin-merchant; but turning pale as she spoke, _ "Mon civisme est a toute epreuve, mais prenez donc ta citrouille," _ [ "My civism is unquestionable; but here take your pumpkin."] take it then. " —  A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
• Said somebody, "Thou hast surely been eating Hashish," [FN#435] and another, "He is a fool;" and a third, "He is a citrouille;" and a fourth asked him, "Art thou out of thy mind? thou sleepest in Cairo and thou wakest in the morning at the gate of Damascus - city!" —  Arabian nights. English

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