Pantagruelian

pantagruelian English Adjective en pantagruelian. en John G[rant] Fuller 6 The Day of St. Anthony’s Fire New York, N.Y. The Macmillan Company 1968 109 https://archive.org/details/dayofstanthonysf00full/page/109/mode/1up Giant pheasants and thrushes, crisply roasted and garnished with rich sauces, a huge vat of potage de légumes, a tub of salade Niçoise, a side of bifteck drenched in gravy. This Pantagruelian feast, the doctor surmised, was a reflection of the frustration M. Testevin faced from the restrictions placed on his diet over the past years because of his liver condition. en Dido Merwin Appendix II: Vessel of Wrath: A Memoir of Sylvia Plath w:Anne Stevenson Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath Boston, Mass. Houghton Mifflin Company 1989 339 https://archive.org/details/bitterfamelifeof00stev/page/339/mode/1up 0-395-53846-7 What still remains a mystery is how she managed to put away the entire midday meal that I had left for her, Ted, and Bill. And that this Pantagruelian triple lunch in no way diminished the gusto with which she silently tucked into her dinner, doing more than justice to sundry delectable coals of fire contributed by Margot. en Billy Hopkins 50 Anything Goes London Headline Book Publishing 2005 409–410 https://archive.org/details/anythinggoes0000hopk/page/410/mode/1up 0 7553 2055 7 [H]e espied a heavily built woman waddling towards him eating a large meat pie. She looked like an earthy peasant from a Brueghel painting. / ‘I wonder if you could direct me to the Vice-Principal’s office.’ / ‘Yis, I can,’ she said, gravy running down her chin. / ‘Thanks,’ he said, wondering who this Pantagruelian lady might be. en w:Robert-Aloys Mooser Neal Johnson [Postlude] Salmon and champagne Mary S. Woodside The Russian Life of R.-Aloys Mooser, Music Critic to the Tsars: Memoirs and Selected Writings Lewiston, N.Y.; Queenston, Ont.; Lampeter, Ceredigion The Edwin Mellen Press 2008 203 https://archive.org/details/russianlifeofral0000moos/page/203/mode/1up 978-0-7734-5215-2 Indeed, including the wines, liqueurs, coffee, tips, service charges and various taxes, this Pantagruelian feast which must have provided pleasant memories for the guests, cost us . . . a little less than two Swiss francs per person! en Paul-Henri Rips Prison – Dole and Paris E/96: Fate Undecided The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs series II Toronto, Ont. The Azrieli Foundation 2009 31 https://archive.org/details/e96fateundecided0000rips/page/31/mode/1up 978-1-897470-09-1 The soldier, however, indicated that I should begin eating, and after checking with my parents one last time, I sat down and dug into this Pantagruelian feast.