gormandizer

noun

Definition of gormandizernext
as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much an inconsiderate gormandizer who eats his hosts out of house and home

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  1. pig
  2. hog
Noun
  • Miss Traynor—a kind of nightmare version of the Queen of the Night—appears swathed in an enormous, mildewing white dress, its hems nibbled by rubber pig heads.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The team tested the robot on several sedated, living pigs, because their GI tract anatomy resembles the kind humans have.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of pig
Noun
  • Perhaps the pig and hog offers came from fans inspired by seeing cows running on the highway Sunday morning in Kansas City.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The issue has historically been politically taboo to avoid pointing fingers at the powerful agricultural industry in Iowa, one of the country’s top producers of corn, soybeans and hogs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of hog
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