gusto

• To really go for the gusto, and go for a water-free toilet, check in to composting toilets (get the details in the Getting Techie section). —  TreeHugger
• He ate the three two-minute eggs with gusto, alternating with deep draughts of coffee, and crisp little ribbons of bacon made into a sandwich between his rolls This is certainly delicious bacon Mamma sent a whole one over yesterday I like it lean. —  Star-Dust
• They were eating buckwheat cakes and scrambled eggs with relish and gusto, an accomplishment that it would have been utterly impossible for them to repeat in the same place four hours later Almost the entire crowd were from the Gamma Psi dance at Delmonico's except for several chorus girls from a midnight revue who sat at a side table and wished they'd taken off a little more make-up after the show. —  Tales of the Jazz Age
• Wine was set before the sailor and he took off a glass with gusto, his eye cocked humorously towards his host. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
• Its intent is merely civil Which having said he opened and shut his mouth with gusto, and sat back as though expecting Guida to retire Your law of Haro, monsieur le Bailly!" —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

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