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Trencherman

noun

(pl. trenchermen)

A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer.

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... breakfasted together in the bar parlour, on some of the fish which Charles had brought in. As nothing followed the fish Superintendent Galloway, who was an excellent trencherman, rang the bell and ordered the waiter to bring some eggs and bacon. The waiter hesitated a moment, and then said that he believed they were out of bacon. There were some eggs, if they ...

— The Shrieking Pit • Arthur J. Rees

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... seven solid meals a day. Once a year there comes a week's feast throughout Russia, during which many deaths occur from the over-eating of pancakes; but this is a religious festival, and an exception. Taking him all round, the German as a trencherman stands pre-eminent among the nations of the earth. He rises early, and while dressing tosses off a few cups of coffee, together with half a dozen hot buttered rolls. But it is not until ten o'clock that he sits down to anything that ...

— Three Men on the Bummel • Jerome K. Jerome

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Words linked to "Trencherman" : eater, feeder