All 4 Uses of
glutton
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Gluttons, tall, long legs.†
Chpt 5 *
- (He gobbles gluttonously with turkey wattles) Bubbly jock!†
Chpt 15
- Serpents too are gluttons for woman's milk.†
Chpt 15
- 210 Mr Bloom in the meanwhile kept dodging about in the vicinity of the cobblestones near the brazier of coke in front of the corporation watchman's sentrybox who evidently a glutton for work, it struck him, was having a quiet forty winks for all intents and purposes on his own private account while Dublin slept.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(glutton) someone who consumes more than they should -- especially eating and drinking too much
The expression: "a glutton for punishment" refers to someone who persist in some activity despite negative consequences (as though loving the punishment)
The expression: "a glutton for whatever" refers to people who like whatever a lot -- such that "a glutton for sunshine" loves sunshine.