Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cure de Meudon

—i.e. Rabelais, who was first a monk, then a leech, then prebend of St. Maur, and lastly curé of Meudon. (1483-1653.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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