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greedy eater

noun as in hog

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One of the joys of the florentine is its lacy lightness, which deceives the greedy eater into consuming more than is strictly necessary.

Then Mr. Jackson was, Rhoda thought, a somewhat greedy eater.

A gourmet he may be, and that is no discredit; a gourmand, by which you mean a greedy eater, a glutton, he could never be.

It may be that the cattle and horses recognize that the sheep is such a greedy eater that he practically cleans off the grass down to the very roots, whereas a steer or horse leaves enough of the herbage to grow for the next time.

Gourmand, or Gormand, a glutton, a greedy eater.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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