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Joncs
Etre sur le joncs (to be on the straw) — i.e. in prison.
Plantez aux hurmes yos picons
Da paour les bisans si tres-durs
Et aussi d'estre sur les joncz,
Emmanchez en coffre et gros murs.
Villon: Jargon et Jobelin, ballade 1.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Joncs from Infoplease:
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