or -guts, subs. (old).—A voracious eater; a glutton. [As in the old (schoolboys’) rhyme: ‘Guy-hi, GREEDY-GUT, Eat all the pudding up.’] For synonyms, see STODGER. Fr., un glafâtre.
1598. FLORIO, A Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Edace, an eater, a devourer, a GREEDIGUT. Ibid. Putti occhi, greedie eies.
1772. E. COLES, English Dictionary, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
