paludier

Updated: June 29, 2025

There is no instance of a girl of the tribe having ever married any man who was not a paludier. The horrible aspects of these marshes, these sloughs, the mud of which was systematically raked, the dull gray earth that the Breton flora held in horror, were in keeping with the gloom that filled our souls.

Honoré de Balzac - A Drama on the Seashore