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French Rebus 1859
These extremely difficult rebuses where very popular in illustrated magazines around 1840-1890.
This one means; L'homme qui tient la table pendant quatre heures en sort la panse arrondie'
What is in French something like; "si l on passe beaucoup de temps a table, on ne doit pas s etonner d'avoir un gros ventre !'
What is in English something like; 'The man who spends a lot of time at a dinner table should not be supriced to leave the table fat'
The man who holds the table during 4 hours. (he says- 'I will drop it at noon')
En sort- coming out (note the old 1859 walking with a stick)
La panse - Lapancha - Don Chixote helper
Arrondie- Un rond d'i - a cirle of i's