Word: despreaux
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Four men have arranged a weekend of undisturbed eating at a fenced-in country house once owned by the classical poet Boileau-Despreaux. Their arrival is followed by the arrival of the meat truck bearing wild boar, lamb, beef. Each carcass is ceremoniously described: "Three dozen young Ardennes roosters...two superb, soft-eyed deer, the flesh redolent...ten dozen semi-wild game hens...
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