pingler
pingler noun: one who plays with his food, but does not eat.
Noun
pingler (plural pinglers)
- One who plays with his food, but does not eat.
- It hath large and wide cheeks, which they always fill, both carrying in, and carrying out, they eat with both, whereupon a devouring fellow,such a one as Stafimus a servant to Plautus was, is called Cricetus, a Hamster, because he filleth his mouth well, and is no pingler at his meat.1607, Edward Topsell, The History of Four-Footed Beasts, page 412
- For the Drunkennesse lives of many are so monstrous, that Heliogabalus was but a pingler to them.1636, Stephen Bradwell, Physick for the sicknesse, commonly called the plague, page 21
Forms of pingler
| plural | pinglers |
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Questions about pingler
- What does pingler mean?
- Pingler means one who plays with his food, but does not eat.
- What part of speech is pingler?
- Pingler is a noun.
- What is the plural of pingler?
- The plural of pingler is pinglers.
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