The Only Use
glutton
in
Charlotte's Web
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- I am a glutton but not a merry maker.†
p. 29.9glutton = someone who consumes more than they should -- especially eating and drinking too much; or someone who persists in an activity even though it has negative consequences; or someone who loves a thing mentioned
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(glutton) someone who consumes more than they should -- especially eating and drinking too muchThe expression: "a glutton for punishment" usually refers to someone who persists in some activity despite negative consequences, but it can also be used to stress that someone loves something as in "a glutton for sunshine".
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Gluttony is an instance or a habit of eating or drinking like a glutton.
Much more rarely, glutton can reference a kind of wolverine in northern Eurasia.