gormandizer

Example Sentences

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With the relish of a gormandizer it had taken more of its peculiar food than even its prodigious maw could assimilate.

From Omega, the Man by Morey, Leo

Paul hated him as a trespasser and a gormandizer.

From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John

He combined with admirable art, and in masterly proportions, the thirst of a gormandizer with the discretion of a judge.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Occasionally he indulges in such uncomplimentary expressions as "There is no flummery-maker equal to you," while some are hailed with "Long life to you, glutton, gormandizer, and belly-god."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

The Frenchman is ravenous for the theatrical situation,—a perfect gormandizer of the dramatic event.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore