or guttle, subs. (vulgar).—1. An insatiable eater or drinker. For synonyms, see STODGER and LUSHINGTON, respectively.
2. (vulgar).—A debauch.
1876. C. HINDLEY, ed. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, 58. Doing a GUZZLE with the money so earned.
3. (common).—Drink.
1653. URQUHART, Rabelais, Bk. II., ch. i., note. It signifies rum-booze, as our gipsies call good-GUZZLE.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1698–1700. WARD, The London Spy, part III., p. 47. A Pennyworth of burnt Bread soften’d in a Mug of Porter’s GUZZLE.
c. 1795. WOLCOT (‘Peter Pindar’), Peter’s Pension, in wks. (Dublin, 1795), vol. i., p. 484.
| Lo, for a little meat and GUZZLE, | |
| This sneaking cur, too, takes the muzzle. |
Verb. (vulgar).—1. To drink greedily, or to excess.
1607. DEKKER, Westward Ho! v., 1. My master and Sir Gosling are GUZZLING; they are dabbling together fathom-deep.
1693. DRYDEN, Persius, vi., 51.
| And, lavish of expence, | |
| Quaffs, crams, and GUTTLES, in his own defence. |
1698. FARQUHAR, Love and a Bottle, Act i. His education could reach no farther than to GUZZLE fat ale.
1727. GAY, The Beggar’s Opera, i., 3. Tom Tipple, a GUZZLING soaking sot, who is always too drunk to stand himself.
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). GUZZLE (v.) to tipple, to fuddle, to drink much and greedily.
1782. WOLCOT (‘Peter Pindar’), Lyric Odes, Ode i. The poet might have GUTTLED till he split.
1849. THACKERAY, Pendennis, ch. lxi. Are you … to tell me that the aim of life is to GUTTLE three courses and dine off silver?
