escargatoire

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• Escargatoire — Es*car ga*toire , n. [F. escargoti[ e]re, fr. escargot snail.] A nursery of snails. [Obs.] Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• escargatoire — noun a) A nursery for snails. b) By extrapolation, a large number of snails …   Wiktionary