subs. (vulgar).—Eating or drinking to excess; also eating or drinking in a coarse unmannerly fashion.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1819. T. MOORE, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, p. 28. What with snoozing, high grubbing, and GUZZLING like Cloe.
1882. T. A. GUTHRIE (‘F. Anstey’), Vice Versâ, ch. xv. There shall be no pocketing at this table, sir. You will eat that pudding under my eye at once, and you will stay in and write out French verbs for two days. That will put an end to any more GUZZLING in the garden for a time, at least.
