Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
larding-needle .
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Examples
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He weeps the three-fourth parts of the day, and never assists at any weddings; but, give the devil his due, he is the most industrious larding-stick and skewer-maker in forty kingdoms.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He weeps the three-fourth parts of the day, and never assists at any weddings; but, give the devil his due, he is the most industrious larding-stick and skewer-maker in forty kingdoms.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He weeps the three-fourth parts of the day, and never assists at any weddings; but, give the devil his due, he is the most industrious larding-stick and skewer-maker in forty kingdoms.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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