Noun : a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment. From Dictionary.com.
In a society where food is scarce, the glutton is a wasteful menace. From Wordnik.com. [Link Farm & Open Thread #26] Reference
He ate and drank with them, and was called a glutton and a drunkard (Luke 7: 34). From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress] Reference
The 24/7 "glutton" plan, which disables charging only when there is a grid crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
A Tea Party activist dressed in a "glutton" costume to protest government spending at a rally in Salem. From Wordnik.com. [OPB News] Reference
He is fierce and extremely voracious -- quite as much so as the "glutton," of which he is the American representative. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North] Reference
As punishment for being a "glutton," said Kern, who is 20, she was tied by a rope to faster children and pulled during runs. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
A glutton is the worst: for the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered)] Reference
While the dire glutton grinds the trembling limbs. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
You wretch! you are nothing but a fool and a glutton. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Carol, who was a bit of a glutton, pricked up his ears. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
He was a sensualist, he was a glutton, he was a lecher. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
TRYGAEUS And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor. From Wordnik.com. [Peace] Reference
This soil is naturally wet, and celery is a glutton for water. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
You to roast them! you are too much the glutton; come along with us. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
"He whose canine teeth are long and straight is a glutton and a rascal.". From Wordnik.com. [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference
Lifelong glutton though I am, self-preservation is the strongest instinct. From Wordnik.com. [From Hillbilly Highway to Gourmet Row] Reference
Whither art thou taking this glutton, this evil pauper, a kill-joy of the feast?. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Being both a reporter and a glutton for punishment, I decided to find out this year. From Wordnik.com. [2008 SEMA - Walking the miles of aisles] Reference
I am a glutton for punishment, and the master of bad timing and long distance pickles. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Art of the Rebound] Reference
He was too happy to eat, for little Jim, although extremely fond of pudding, was no glutton. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
But he had no idea how a cow would make a glutton of herself if she had a chance at the bins. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Above were laid heavy stones, and every precaution used to ward off the isatis and the glutton. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
And you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
It's close to the petrol capital of Houston and, of course, it's in the backyard of the world's oil glutton. From Wordnik.com. [Smaller Oil Firms Fear Regulation Backlash In Gulf] Reference
But coming on the heels of "There's Something About Mary," the movie makes one think he's a glutton for punishment. From Wordnik.com. [They're All Doing The Nasty] Reference
"Look at the little lambs, how they enjoy themselves!" said she, putting her hand on the head of the little glutton. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There was no getting any work out of that Spot; and to make up for it, he was the biggest pig-glutton of a dog I ever saw. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
"Ain't no f-f-fish left; he's d-d-devoured even my b-b-bait, the old glutton!" bellowed Toby, shaking his fist toward the bear. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
That makes him a leader -- a title he is happy to claim -- but it also makes him headstrong, mercurial and a glutton for the limelight. From Wordnik.com. [Throwing Long] Reference
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