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Meanings of
gourmand
in inglés
portugués
rapa de tacho
catalán
escuracassoles
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A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
glutton
trencherman
gourmandizer
portugués
rapa de tacho
Sinónimos
Examples for "
glutton
"
glutton
trencherman
gourmandizer
Examples for "
glutton
"
1
The parasite pluckily sets to; the idler becomes a
glutton
for work.
2
Unless you're a
glutton
for punishment, in which case, have at it.
3
Had I been a professional
glutton
I would have been in paradise.
4
It is unfit for any girl but such a
glutton
as Lilla.
5
TRYGAEUS And I also, that you are a
glutton
and an impostor.
1
Hardy made good his boast, proving that he was a mighty
trencherman
.
2
He is a very valiant
trencherman
;
he hath an excellent stomach.
3
He was a gallant
trencherman
,
and the strange tropic viands tickled his palate.
4
He was a good
trencherman
,
and he did not care who knew it.
5
As I remember at West Point, you were a first-class
trencherman
.
Usage of
gourmand
in inglés
1
It is still active, and as much of a
gourmand
as ever.
2
Luis may not be a
gourmand
,
but his reaction would be telling.
3
I demand of him that he be a
gourmand
,
a connoisseur in beauty.
4
I was always rather a gourmet than a
gourmand
where women were concerned.
5
This naturally suggested that my friend was something of a
gourmand
.
6
As the
gourmand
says in 'Richelieu,' 'What's diplomacy compared to a delicious pâté?'
7
But you must not think that the abbé of St. Philémon was a
gourmand
.
8
Thus Mondar became a
gourmand
,
and others with the same tastes collects around him.
9
He was a well-known
gourmand
and once sailed to Libya to sample its shrimp.
10
Nick found no difficulty in eating this-itwas a dish fit for any
gourmand
.
11
Macy's Green cardamom and pink pepper provide an exotic sensuality to this adventurous
gourmand
.
12
I am a gourmet, Sergeant Graham, but not a
gourmand
.
13
Can a
gourmand
ever properly appreciate rare and fragile flavours?
14
Helwyse was a disciple of Brillat-Savarin,-inone word, a
gourmand
!
15
He looked like a boar rather than a pig-a fighter, not a
gourmand
.
16
Children of French pâtissiers and boulangers also know this feeling of
gourmand
envy and admiration.
Other examples for "gourmand"
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About this term
gourmand
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
become a gourmand
little gourmand
true gourmand
young gourmand
adventurous gourmand
More collocations
Translations for
gourmand
portugués
rapa de tacho
guloso
catalán
escuracassoles
golafre
glot
golut
Gourmand
through the time
Gourmand
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common