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  • noun Capacity to eat large quantities.
  • noun Ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol.

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  • Of someone with a big appetite it is sometimes said, "You must have a hollow leg!"

    February 29, 2008

  • I remember taking this phrase literally when I was a child, and thinking it would be really cool to have one. (I hadn't learned human anatomy yet.)

    February 29, 2008