Provençal proverb

A coume moussu Rispo manjo de tout.

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Maritime Provençal

A coume moussu Rispo manjo de tout.

Meaning

He is like Monsieur Rispe — he eats everything.

Note : Monsieur Rispe, a renowned glutton of the eighteenth century.

Theme

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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