"Sabot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... SABOT, a vine-grower of Brinqueville. He was a renowned joker, who entered into a competition with Hyacinthe Fouan, but was beaten by him. ...
— A Zola Dictionary • J. G. Patterson
... rough. On Fridays the place is always crowded, and there may be a difficulty about retaining a room upstairs, where it is best to go when you wish to be specially well served. In the old days, it was the fashion to go on Fridays (or on any day for a fish lunch) to Le Sabot, a restaurant-estaminet of the same order a little lower down on the quay, which has a reputation for its manner of cooking mussels; but, since the death of old Francois, who kept it, the place does not appear to be so much in favour, and the tide of custom now flows towards ...
— The Gourmet's Guide to Europe • Algernon Bastard |
