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Gargantua

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A gigantic personage, in Rabelais, of preternally lusty appetite and guzzling and gourmandising power; lived several centuries, and begat Pantagruel.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gargantua'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gargantua.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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