gutting
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The Neapolitan character was handled more unmercifully in the part of a guttling, fulsome old coxcomb, as cowardly as the Dane was quarrelsome.
From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John
It was then in a good state to be destroyed by that devout William the Conqueror, who came to take the Saxon world in its sins of guttling and guzzling.
From Seven English Cities by Howells, William Dean
“Here you will find no guttling or gormandising, no turtle or nightingales’ tongues,” said the extravagant, whose name, by the way, was Dalmahoy.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
What a contempt they must have for the guttling crowd to whom they minister—those solemn pastry-cook's men!
From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Miss Biddy and her vanities, Master Bob and his guttling, the eminent turncoat Phil Fudge, Esq. himself and his politics, are all excellent.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George
