Gil Blas
Americannoun
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Gil Blas, a Spaniard born without social standing, becomes caught up with grifters and is obliged to live by his wits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The house next door to ours, once occupied by the writer Alain-René Lesage, who wrote Gil Blas, just sold for 40,000 euros.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2019
Sangrado, san-gr�′do, n. one who lets blood—from the leech in Gil Blas.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Why, truly, Gil Blas, I am not at all surprised that thou dost not enjoy good health.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
The first, and on the whole, the most considerable name of the century in fiction is that of the author of Gil Blas.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
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