Sole frite augourmet aux champignons (pg. 163) -- Babelfish sez: "Plate fried with the gourmet with mushrooms"
Rank is but the guinea stamp (pg. 173) -- Rank is just a label, and not the worth of the man (woman, in this case) under it.
Miss-in-baulk (pg. 176) -- A term from billiards indicating a penalty without loss of turn
Vincente y Blasco What's-his-name (pg. 179) -- Spanish novelist, screenwriter, film director. Blood & Sand was one of his books, but in Spanish, don't cha know?
The local Mont de Pieté (pg. 184) -- in France, a public pawnshop, authorized and controlled by the government, for lending money to the poor at a low rate of interest.
Mais oui, mais ouis, c'est trop fort! (pg. 189) -- Babel Fish sez: Yes, but ouis, it is too strong!
Laudaulette (pg. 211) - Small landau; automobile with a convertible top over the back seat-
Lemon squash (pg. 211) -- A drink made of sweetened fruit juice or fruit-flavored syrup diluted with water. Lemonade?
Charlotte Corday (pg. 240) -- A figure of the French revolution, assasinated Jean-Paul Marat.
Opprobrious (pg. 273) -- Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive:
Encomiums (pg. 280 -- Warm praise, a tribute.
épris (pg. 287) -- Loving, in love with.
Marie Lloyd (pg. 288) -- English music hall singer with reputation for racy interpetation of lyrics.
Pink 'Un (pg. 325) -- Newspaper supplement, usually sport oriented, printed on pink newsprint.
Laburnum (pg. 325) -- A small tree with yellow flowers, also called "Golden Chain".