Usage examples (34)

• Eudemon perceived him first, and calling Gargantua said, Sir, come and see Absalom hanging.
• Trémouille, a very barrel of a man, a toper, a kind of Gargantua who devoured the country.
• The author of 'Gargantua' turns the mind of the young man toward objects truly worthy of occupying his attention.
• 'Gargantua' to the 'Zadig' of Voltaire: and, upon the whole, practical jokes suited his taste far better than verbal ones.