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Guzzle   Listen
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Guzzle  v. i.  (past & past part. guzzled, pres. part. guzzling)  To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently. "Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar." "Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise." "To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey."






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"Guzzle" Quotes from Famous Books



... envy of the whole section, swanking around, telling of the good time I was going to have, the places I would visit, and the real, old English beer I intended to guzzle. Sort of rubbed it into them, because they all do it, and now that it was my turn, I took pains ...
— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey

... of the buckets are black with flies. We have given over trying to keep them clear. We stir the living cream aside with the bottoms of the pints, and guzzle gallons, and sweat it out again. Occasionally a shearer pauses and throws the perspiration from his ...
— On the Track • Henry Lawson

... rather loud than sweet, When she began,—for hat and sword he'd call. Then, after a faint kiss, cry, "B'y, dear Moll: Supper and friends expect me at the Rose."[83] And, "What, Sir John, you'll get your usual dose! Go, stink of smoke, and guzzle nasty wine, Sure, never virtuous love was ...
— The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 • George A. Aitken

... you, while we're waiting? Not that I need an appetizer! And it's damned hot, I know, to guzzle whiskey." ...
— The Bad Man • Charles Hanson Towne

... not it. You have got to vindicate yourself. You are a Proteus, Comrade Schimmelweis. Your right hand does not know what your left hand is doing. You are treating us disgracefully. You are ploughing in the widow's garden. You preach water and guzzle wine. You have entered into a conspiracy with the grafters of the town. You are in collusion with the people down at the Prudentia, and you are filling your own coffers in this gigantic swindle. From morning to night you enrich yourself with the hard-earned ...
— The Goose Man • Jacob Wassermann



Words linked to "Guzzle" :   imbibe, guzzling, drink



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