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guttle

[ guht-l ]

/ ˈgʌt l /

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verb (used with or without object), gut·tled, gut·tling.

to eat greedily or voraciously; gormandize.

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Origin of guttle

1645–55; gut + -le; cf. guzzle

OTHER WORDS FROM guttle

guttler, noun

Words nearby guttle

guttering, gutter press, guttersnipe, gutter wound, guttiform, guttle, guttural, gutturalize, gutturalized, gutturonasal, gutty

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How to use guttle in a sentence

You married the boy's mother to craze and kill her, and guttle her property.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete|George Meredith
Well, doubtless, when the hour strikes, we must all guttle and protube.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
John Guttle hez, uv course, no further interest in the Dimocratic party.
Swingin Round the Cirkle.|Petroleum V. Nasby
Under the old patriarkle system, time passed orf smoothly and pleasantly with the Guttle family.
Swingin Round the Cirkle.|Petroleum V. Nasby

John Guttle—that generous old man—subsists by the labor uv his own hands.
Swingin Round the Cirkle.|Petroleum V. Nasby