Meaning of frogeater | Babel Free

Definitions

A French person.

derogatory, offensive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Of a great Institution like⟳ Smithfield, [the French] are unable to form⟳ the least conception. A Beast Market in the heart of Paris would be regarded an impossible nuisance. Nor have⟳ they any notion of slaughter-houses in the midst of a city. One of these benighted frog-eaters would scarcely understand⟳ your meaning, if you told him of the existence of such a British bulwark.”

“Sir Andrew Ffoulkes is a gallant gentleman, you may take⟳ your Bible oath on that, but he that fights the murdering frogeaters single-handed is he whom they call⟳ The Scarlet Pimpernel: the bravest gentleman in all the world.”

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