as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake

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Recent Examples of glutton Ever a glutton for executive orders, Trump has signed nearly 70 so far. Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025 The Suns may thwart a fast break, but end up with a tiny guard trying to keep a glass glutton off the boards. Fred Katz, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 The bad guys are rich gluttons, the good guys are the struggling poor. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024 Luckily, gluttons like us are covered by the Monday night fixture, which promises to be a lively one: Newcastle host West Ham. Nick Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for glutton
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Noun
  • The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.
    Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The ruling cadre of pigs gradually betrays the farm animals’ revolution.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There also appears to be a wild hog hopped up on meth.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • Michelle McKenzie is a farmer at Bellair Farm and CSA in Charlottesville, Virginia, which grows vegetables and raises pastured cattle, hogs, broilers, and laying hens.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025

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“Glutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutton. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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