GUTLINGNOUN
a great or greedy eater; a glutton ...1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from gut (n.) + -ling FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1592 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The bestiall gutlings of this fulsome feeding age fall upon a piece of piping hot poetry..." From: Groats-Worth of Wit By: Robert Greene, 1592 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • The Dialect of Craven in the West-Riding of the County of York, William Carr, 1828 • A Glossary of the Dialect of Almondbury and Huddersfield, Rev. Alfred Easther, 1883 • Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Edward Peacock, 1875
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