gluttonous

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Gluttonous and meditative in the morning; beginning to swell with a growing sense of importance about midday; amorous, obtrusive, and consequential later; hilarious after dinner; quarrelsome before tea; and down in the ditch before dawn.

From The Diamond Coterie by Lynch, Lawrence L.

Gluttonous, ugly, and lazy — eats any thing he can bite; Now, let us shut up the stable, and bid the old fellow good-night: Ah!

From Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

Gluttonous inclination to sample the goods the gods had provided prevailed over caution; it moved quickly forward, when what it had considered only an unexpected and welcome pièce de résistance abruptly got up.

From Half A Chance by Isham, Frederic Stewart

Originally one-half its present width, it was widened by the orders of Gilbert the Gluttonous.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

Gluttonous, slothful, and proud, she strutted about, bending one and all to her fancies.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred