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A feeder; an eater; usually qualified, as good, stout, valiant, etc., one who plays a good knife and fork; one who has a hearty appetite.
A hungry person, a great eater: cf. sense A. 2. Obsolete slang.
one who plays a good knife and fork, a hearty eater.