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

She is a greedy eater and drinker and her excreta is often very offensive.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

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

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

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

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