Gargantua

Example Sentences

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Gargantua olives, he joked, came one per can.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2019

The series is called Gargantua and dinners are served every Thursday through Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2017

Surely Don Quixote or Moby Dick or Gargantua and Pantagruel would all be classed as postmodern novels, but they were written in the 17th, 19th and 16th centuries respectively – so what’s going on there?

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2012

Yes, I am referring to the 16-century French writer and occasional monk who penned that delightful tale of the misadventures of two giants, Gargantua and Pantagruel.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2011

The pint of coffee was served in one great hulking cup such as Gargantua might have quaffed.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel