chowhound

[chou-hound]

noun Slang.

a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.

Origin of chowhound

First recorded in 1940–45; chow¹ + hound¹

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Examples from the Web for chowhound

Contemporary Examples of chowhound

At first it was mostly outer-borough ethnic cuisine—the usual “authentic” Chowhound stuff.
The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex-Mex?
Andrew Romano
January 25, 2014
Later I began to branch out on both coasts; my palate expanded in time with the whole Chowhound movement.
Why Los Angeles Is the Best Food Town in America
Andrew Romano
November 16, 2013