escargot
- n edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
- Wrote Billy, after a look at Champagne, Danseuses et Stylographe: "You could have knocked me over with an escargot.
- So delectable is the escargot that the best breeds of him are becoming scarce.
- But hold the escargot! Keep the sauvignon blanc corked! This was a family occasion at the home of Valerie Jarrett, long-time Chicago friend of the Obamas' and now senior White House .