Word: escargot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they retire into their shells when wind or heavy rain strikes their tender skins. "The snail is a peaceable creature," says Cadart. "Excesses of nature do not please him." Patiently in his shell he waits until trouble is over. "What animal seems more free and happy than the escargot...