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eater

NOUN
one who consumes food
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“Glizzies are everywhere you look,” said Joey Chestnut, the 42-year-old competitive eater, who has won the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt at the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest a record 18 times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

She says her daughter Cora, two, used to be the "best eater" but seeing others at nursery turn their noses up at certain foods made her do the same.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

“You, the picky eater, watching anything to do with food?” my mother asked.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Edmontosaurus was a large duck-billed plant eater that lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex near the end of the Cretaceous Period.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

She was supposed to be a real man- eater, Tonya—Tonya the dog—but Eleanor had never seen her more than half awake.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell




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