Leg of lamb (fr. Gigonnet)

Translation into English

Falleix trouvait son vieux pays trop cher, il s’était plaint avec candeur devant les Saillard de ce que Gigonnet prenait dix-huit pour cent à un Auvergnat.
Falleix thought his old countryman extortionate, and complained to the Saillards that Gigonnet demanded eighteen per cent from an Auvergnat.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Werbrust et Gigonnet, vous avez cru attraper le vieux papa Gobseck!
Werbrust and Gigonnet, you thought you had old Papa Gobseck!
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Un député de ses amis, un ami de son cousin de Portenduère, Des Lupeaulx l’adressa, dans un jour de détresse, à Gobseck, à Gigonnet et à Palma qui, bien et dûment informés de la valeur des biens de sa mère, lui rendirent l’escompte doux et facile.
One of his friends, a deputy and the friend of his cousin the Comte de Portenduere, advised him in his distress to go to Gobseck or Gigonnet or Palma, who, if duly informed as to his mother’s means, would give him an easy discount.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Elisabeth avait deviné que son oncle Bidault dit Gigonnet devait être riche et maniait des sommes énormes.
Elisabeth had long felt sure that her uncle Bidault, otherwise called Gigonnet, was rich and handled vast sums of money.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Werbrust, Palma, Gigonnet, mes confrères, vous donneront leurs expropriations; et, Dieu sait s’ils en ont!
Werbrust, Palma, and Gigonnet, my cronies, shall hand over their expropriations to you; they have plenty of them, the Lord knows!
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
L’oncle Bidault, qui avait dîné au logis, avait un petit regard frétillant qui épouvanta Bixiou.
Uncle Gigonnet-Bidault, who had dined at the house, had a restless, fidgety look in his eye which frightened Bixiou.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1

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