greedy eater

Example Sentences

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther

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

From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

It is a greedy eater, but feeds only on the cotton plant.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

Although a very greedy eater of literature, I can only enjoy reading when I have little time for reading.

From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold