gluttons

noun

plural of glutton
as in pigs
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 gluttons All of these people are gluttons at the feast. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026 Not to mention the obese little gluttons. — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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  1. pigs
  2. hogs
Noun
  • In the garden beds, the decorative pigs and cats were blown over.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • After that point, it would likely be transferred to another shelter that is more suitable for pigs outside of Los Angeles.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pigs
Noun
  • Because across the shoulders, one of those big hogs is way more dense than a grizzly bear.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Basic economic theory says landowners would wait for others to spend the time, money and energy to control hogs—which means nobody does, and the problems grow.
    — Chris Boyer, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of hogs

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