1652 A. Ross Contents ii. iv. (heading) Poison eaters may infect.
1851 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 16 389 in W. Collins (1999) 425 The poison-eaters have a twofold aim in their dangerous enjoyment: one of which is to obtain a fresh, healthy appearance.
1998 32 28 Their only way of gauging the relative strength of poisons requires seeing how ill poison-eaters become.