gormand
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There is a natural desire to retain the delicious fruit for full mastication; there is no such desire, except in the trained gormand, for the retention of animal substance.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe
He was not a gormand, but he had continued to live well.
From The Wolf's Long Howl by Waterloo, Stanley
Gourmand—gōōr�m�nd, not g�r�mand, unless the orthography gormand is used.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.
The little observer was willing to give up all her breakfast to the little winged gormand for the sake of the satisfaction she received from seeing how he managed to eat.
From Piccolissima by Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot
Moiseney had two weaknesses; she was a gormand, and she admired handsome men.
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Cherbuliez, Victor
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