gormands

Agent proposes to give a series of trial-dinners, to which the principal gormands of the metropolis, and a few of The

The Fitz-Boodle Papers 2006

But this I think, that many are made gormands and gluttons by custom, that were not so by nature; and I see in some countries, men as lusty and strong, that eat but two meals a-day, as others that have set their stomachs by a constant usage, like larums, to call on them for four or five.

Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Sections 11-20 1909

That the Teuton women are gormands -- what is that compared with their willingness to mother six or more sturdy youngsters?

Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Stuart Oliver Henry 1906

It's a famous thing among the gormands of the West.

Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886

As he was one of those gormands who decline no good thing, he affably accepted Archie's offering, so graciously indeed that the little fellow called for another ear of corn more amply to relieve the porcine distresses, the detail of which had much appealed to his tender heart.

The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

As far as I can judge, he cared nothing for luxurious eating and drinking, and yet he wished to be reckoned among the gormands and gourmets of his times.

The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881

As far as I can judge, he cared nothing for luxurious eating and drinking, and yet he wished to be reckoned among the gormands and gourmets of his times.

Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848

Jones the hunter, however, in one of the passes of the Black Hills, succeeded in bringing down a bighorn from the verge of a precipice, the flesh of which was pronounced by the gormands of the camp to have the flavor of excellent mutton.

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836

Ben Jones the hunter, however, in one of the passes of the Black Hills, succeeded in bringing down a bighorn from the verge of a precipice, the flesh of which was pronounced by the gormands of the camp to have the flavor of excellent mutton.

Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821

-- Most persons shudder and their stomachs revolt at the mere mention of the horrible gnappee of the Hindoos, the bird's-nest puddings of the Chinese, the horse steaks of the Parisians, and the earth-worm soup of some continental gormands; but not a few of the same individuals raise no objection when invited to partake of a fashionable paté de foië gras, or to indulge in a bit of roasted cheese which has an odor decidedly ancient and suggestive of putrefaction.

Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877