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And this that one may bear a chamberpot To some vain beardless youth; and see around Half eaten savoury cakes, and delicate birds, Whose very fragments are forbidden strictly To all the slaves—at least the women say so; And him who drinks a cup men call a belly-god; And if he tastes a mouthful of solid food They call him greedy glutton: from the comparison of which iambics, it is very plain that Epicrates borrowed Antiphanes's lines, and transferred them to his own play.

I am not usually a greedy glutton, but beech-nut fed, home-cured ham is too good for the rabble, and I am going to hide it before Grace casts her eagle eye on it.”

He's a greedy glutton, also, and a ghoul, And his sanctimonious caw Rubs my temper on the raw.

He was indeed a gross and greedy glutton.

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

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