Verb (used with object) : to gnaw a hole through the wall. From Dictionary.com.
(A delightful true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream) rongeur (ron-zhay) noun, masculine rodent, gnawer. From Wordnik.com. [rongeur - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equalling in size and closely resembling those of the Capybara, whose habits have been described; and therefore, probably, an aquatic animal. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Before we had been long on the Barrier he developed mischievous habits and became a rope eater and gnawer of other ponies 'fringes, as we called the coloured tassels we hung over their eyes to ward off snow-blindness. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913] Reference
I went back to the hitching post and gnawed at those knots, but got nowhere even though I’m a pretty good gnawer; the rope was thick and the knots were big and hard. From Wordnik.com. [To Fetch a Thief] Reference
He looks like a pillow gnawer to me. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Jealous of that gnawer of fish-bones?. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Paramount] Reference
The beaver is the greatest gnawer of them all. From Wordnik.com. [Aboriginal America] Reference
Rongeur ron-zhay noun, masculine rodent, gnawer. From Wordnik.com. [rongeur - French Word-A-Day] Reference
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