snake-eater

Brissenden exclaimed, imitating the SPIELER of a locally famous snake-eater.

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I said nothing about what had happened and returned to the cookhouse to find six Algerians devouring the officers 'rations in such fashion as to make one think of the man in the side show who was advertised in letters twenty feet deep as the original snake-eater of South America; there wasn't enough left for a one-man meal.

S.O.S. Stand to! Reginald Grant

Even those Rishis on earth that were crowned with ascetic success, and had their passions under complete control and were wholly engrossed in meditation of the Deity, from fear of the Asura brothers, fled like snakes at the approach of Vinata's son (Garuda the snake-eater).

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

-- Frog-swallowers: Norton; English Jack; Bosco; the snake-eater; Billington's prescription for hangmen; Captain Veitro.

Miracle Mongers and Their Methods 1920

The Indian hamadryad, or giant cobra, is exclusively a snake-eater.

I. The Start 1914

Brissenden exclaimed, imitating the SPIELER of a locally famous snake-eater.

Chapter 31 1908

Norton; English Jack; Bosco; the snake-eater; Billington's prescription for hangmen; Captain Veitro.

The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé Harry Houdini 1900

While watching this snake-eater over his dinner, one is struck with the remarkable tenacity of life exhibited in the victim, or the slow action of the venom if poisoned in the first grasp.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

The Indian hamadryad, or giant cobra, is exclusively a snake-eater.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

They thought because my shirtsleeve is 35 while my inseam is only 32 and I said “fuck” to admirals I was nothing but a coarse, knuckle-dragging snake-eater.

Rogue Warrior Marcinko, Richard 1992