| This concise work, full of surprising contrasts, is rich in musical jokes, ranging from subtle tongue-in-cheek to Rabelaisian. |
| He was also a man of Rabelaisian appetites, fiercely loyal friendships, and great good humour. |
| Most of the songs had a Rabelaisian touch, some were nasty, but nearly all had wit. |
| Or that sweet little place in the Loire, where they serve an entire Rabelaisian feast in a mountain cave. |
| They were alone in the hotel but for a fat Frenchwoman of middle age, a Rabelaisian figure with a broad, obscene laugh. |
| Only in the realm of the chef would such a Rabelaisian outing be seen as fairly commonplace. |
