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In the meantime Gargantua took a little refreshment, ate somewhat himself, the like did those who were with him, and caused to give to his mare a picotine of oats, that is, three score and fourteen quarters and three bushels.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In the meantime Gargantua took a little refreshment, ate somewhat himself, the like did those who were with him, and caused to give to his mare a picotine of oats, that is, three score and fourteen quarters and three bushels.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In the meantime Gargantua took a little refreshment, ate somewhat himself, the like did those who were with him, and caused to give to his mare a picotine of oats, that is, three score and fourteen quarters and three bushels.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
madmouth commented on the word picotine
unit of measurement (specifically, "three score and fourteen quarters and three bushels") found in Gargantua and Pantagruel
May 21, 2009