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Beetle, grasshopper, and May-fly, From his muzzle must away fly, Or he swallowed them by legions, His huge foot, it was a pillar; When he drank, it was a swiller!

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various

Besides, he mentions his right name, for Bileaam or Balaam is he called in Hebrew, a swallower or swiller, like one who gapes his throat open, and swallows and devours all.

From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall)