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Pong and Tiller eat like trenchermen; they pack away feast after feast as if they were A.J.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021

Cage and Durand chew the scenery like trenchermen; and Janssen and Imperioli are far more charismatic than their roles require.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2019

Why am I so keen on your performance as good, honest British trenchermen and women over the past few days?

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2012

A greeter, Oscar in his white chef's cap stood figuratively astride the gourmet banquet table like some culinary colossus, a familiar and beloved figure to trenchermen of his day.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boys were both good trenchermen, but they were astounded at the quantity of food which the Patagonians disposed of.

From Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main by Browne, Gordon