gluttons

noun

plural of glutton
as in pigs
one who eats greedily or too much he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake

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Recent Examples of gluttons All of these people are gluttons at the feast. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026 Not to mention the obese little gluttons. — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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  1. pigs
  2. hogs
Noun
  • What to read next There, her parents are transformed into pigs and Chihiro is thrust into a vibrant but terrifying underworld.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The most recent population figures, from 2016, estimated that 7 million feral pigs were loose in the nation then.
    — Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pigs
Noun
  • In counties where hog eradication efforts were coordinated, however, the average claim for cornfield acres damaged from wildlife declined to 10 acres per policy.
    — Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The first body found was discovered in 1994 by hog hunters in northern Charlotte County.
    — CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hogs

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