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Meanings of trencherman in English

Portuguese
rapa de tacho
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A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.

rapa de tacho
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Examples for "glutton"
Examples for "glutton"
1
The parasite pluckily sets to; the idler becomes a glutton for work.
The Mason-Bees
2
Unless you're a glutton for punishment, in which case, have at it.
News.com.au
3
Had I been a professional glutton I would have been in paradise.
My Brilliant Career
4
It is unfit for any girl but such a glutton as Lilla.
Bluebell / A Novel
5
TRYGAEUS And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor.
Peace
1
It is still active, and as much of a gourmand as ever.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
2
Luis may not be a gourmand, but his reaction would be telling.
Beauty and the feast
3
I demand of him that he be a gourmand, a connoisseur in beauty.
Maurice Guest
4
I was always rather a gourmet than a gourmand where women were concerned.
Paul Kelver
5
This naturally suggested that my friend was something of a gourmand.
The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
Usage of trencherman in English
1
Hardy made good his boast, proving that he was a mighty trencherman.
The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
2
He is a very valiant trencherman; he hath an excellent stomach.
Much Ado about Nothing
3
He was a gallant trencherman, and the strange tropic viands tickled his palate.
Whirligigs
4
He was a good trencherman, and he did not care who knew it.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
5
As I remember at West Point, you were a first-class trencherman.
The Tree of Appomattox
6
An excellent trencherman himself, he understood what Mr. Peters must suffer.
Something New
7
However much Morrell ate-andhe was a good trencherman-heremained skinny as a lath.
American empire: blood and iron
8
And methinks his majesty of Sardinia has proved himself to be a good trencherman.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
9
Blenkiron squared his shoulders and showed himself a noble trencherman.
Mr. Standfast
10
To you, Peter-thefamous trencherman of song and story?
Captivating Mary Carstairs
11
A good workman is ever a good trencherman.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
12
A rare good trencherman he be an' all!
The Making of a Soul
13
Taking him all round, the German as a trencherman stands pre-eminent among the nations of the earth.
Three Men on the Bummel
14
Oloffe Van Kortlandt was a devout trencherman.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
15
I liked that he is a true trencherman who I felt would feed me royally and understand hospitality.
The Guardian
16
Little want is in that house, but honest Berthun does not know what a trencherman he has hired.
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
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