Lexicographical Neighbors of Botargos
Literary usage of Botargos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1869)
"A young Egyptian friend tells me that botargos are still made and used in the
East, especially at Damietta, the best fishing port of Egypt. ..."
2. Lectures on the English Comic Writers by William Hazlitt (1845)
"Discourse is dry; so they moisten their words in their cups, and relish their
dry jests with plenty of botargos and dried neats' tongues. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"... Right royally the bout began (no queen was more punctilious Than Gargamelle)
on chitterlings, botargos, ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"Then he sat down at table : and because he was naturally phlegmatic, he began
his meal with some dozens of gammons, dried neats' tongues, botargos, ..."
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