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Gargantua

noun
1.
A voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name.



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"Gargantua" Quotes from Famous Books



... empty the cup so thoroughly that the last drop or "pearl," drained on to the nail, retains its shape, and does not run. If "the pearl" broke and began to slide, the drinker was "sconced." Hence, good liquor. See Rabelais' Life of Gargantua, etc., Urquhart's Translation, 1863, lib. ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron
... table of granite, and there, isolated, it developed itself in the calm waters of the grotto. I estimated the weight of this tridacne at 600 lb. Such an oyster would contain 30 lb. of meat; and one must have the stomach of a Gargantua to demolish some ...
— Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea • Jules Verne


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