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glutton

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1. glutton - Noun

2. glutton - Adjective

3. glutton - Verb

Meaning

One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Fig.: One who gluts himself.

A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

To glut; to eat voraciously.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror. P. G. Wodehouse

I am not a glutton I am an explorer of food. Erma Bombeck

. He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton he who does not cannot be otherwise. Henry David Thoreau

A glutton young, a beggar old. German Proverb

Two hungry meals make the third a glutton. Scottish Proverb

A glutton is never satisfied. Namibian Proverb

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