trencherman

• “A hearty trencherman and a bit of a wag, uncle George is jovial in every dimension.”

  6 A Colombian Family « Unknowing

• “The diplomatic architect of the new Italian state, Count Cavour, was a redoubtable trencherman who would later have several dishes named in his honor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Delizia!

• “Eddie "Bozo" Miller was once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's greatest trencherman.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'World's Greatest Trencherman' Ate His Way

• “They stared on the next occasion of meeting, when Bloundell spoke in contemptuous terms of old Pen; said everybody knew old Pen, regular old trencherman at Gaunt”

  The History of Pendennis

• “During the holidays, we take on the characteristics of a trencherman!”

  Archive 2006-12-01

• “You had musty victual, and he hath holp to eat it: he is a very valiant trencherman; he hath an excellent stomach.”

  Much Ado About Nothing

• “‘I am but a bad trencherman myself,’ said Trevelyan,”

  He Knew He Was Right

• “Jack of the Smithies was a trencherman of the very first order, and being well wedded (with a promise already of young soldiers to come), it behooved him to fill all his holes away from home, and spare his own cupboard for the sake of Mistress Smithies.”

  Mary Anerley

• “And I said: Hagias, it is true, hath reason to be troubled at this unusual disappointment, because having so great a belly (for he was an excellent trencherman) he had no larger mess than others; for in”

  Essays and Miscellanies

• “A crowd of “moleques” placed before him three black pots, one containing a savoury stew, the others beans and vegetables, which he transferred to a deep platter, and proved himself no mean trencherman.”

  Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

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