Rodilarʹdus
. A hugè cat which scared Panurge, and which he declared to be a puny devil. The word means “gnaw-bacon” (Latin, rodo-lardum). (Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel, iv. 67.)
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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.