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guttle

American  
[guht-l] / ˈgʌt l /

verb (used with or without object)

guttled, guttling
  1. to eat greedily or voraciously; gormandize.


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Etymology

Origin of guttle

1645–55; gut + -le; cf. guzzle


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Hardness is there in the dialect, too: guttle, kested, barkled, cozzly, butty, chelp and so on.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013

“I heard auntie talk about the soldiers come and make them cook up everything they had and et it up faster ’en it took ’er to fix it ready for ’em to guttle down.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

Why, thou cormorant, thou greedy kite, is't not enough to consume victuals and provender under my own roof, but thou must guttle 'em here too?

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby

You may guttle, while righteous Lazarus is lying at your gate.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft

Cruel King Coal doth feed and stuff, Revel and riot in each man's scuttle; Eat and drink when he's more than full enough, Cram, guzzle, and gorge, and swill, and guttle.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

The Neapolitan character was handled more unmercifully in the part of a guttling, fulsome old coxcomb, as cowardly as the Dane was quarrelsome.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by John Hughes

It was then in a good state to be destroyed by that devout William the Conqueror, who came to take the Saxon world in its sins of guttling and guzzling.

From Seven English Cities by William Dean Howells

Miss Biddy and her vanities, Master Bob and his guttling, the eminent turncoat Phil Fudge, Esq. himself and his politics, are all excellent.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury

What a contempt they must have for the guttling crowd to whom they minister—those solemn pastry-cook's men!

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by William Makepeace Thackeray

In defiance of the old proverb, "le ventre est le plus grand de tous nos ennemis," guttling and guzzling is the rage of these upstarts.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon

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