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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(British, dialect) Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous..
'What one of those guttlesome parsons who came every year to our dinners?' A momentary sadness passed over the company; on my mind the impression lingered; the talking, eating, evangelical parson, always going out to dinners, was dead.
Since when I've cleared the table to feed these guttlesome swans—on the best cake, too, which is simply immoral.
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Guttlesome means (British, dialect) Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous..
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'What one of those guttlesome parsons who came every year to our dinners?' A momentary sadness passed over the company; on my mind the impression lingered; the talking, eating, evangelical parson, always going out to dinners, was dead.
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