Hapmouche (2 syl.)
.The giant flycatcher. He invented the art of drying and smoking neatsʹ tongues. (Duchat: Œuvres de Rabelais.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.