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Words for people according to eating or drinking habits

Billy Bunter

a boy in a series of British children’s books who is known for being fat and for eating a lot

bon viveur

noun

someone who enjoys spending time with other people, eating good food, drinking expensive wine etc

chocaholic

another spelling of chocoholic

chocoholic

noun

someone who loves chocolate, and eats a lot of it

drinker

noun

someone who often drinks a particular drink

eater

noun

someone who eats in a particular way

eater

noun

a person or animal that eats a particular type of food

gannet

noun

someone who eats a lot and is always hungry

glutton

noun

someone who eats much more than they need

gourmand

noun

someone who eats too much

hog

noun

someone who eats rudely or takes too much of something that other people might want

sweet tooth

noun

someone who has a sweet tooth likes to eat sweet food

guzzler

noun

picnicker

noun

sweet-toothed

adjective

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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