Applied contemptuously to a woman. Obsolete.

A fat, greedy, or coarse person. Obsolete.

In exclamations and imprecations, apparently as a euphemism for devil. In imprecations. Cf. devil, n. phrases 1b(b), plague, n. 5, pox, n. 2a.

As a term of abuse or contempt for a person. Cf. dogface, n., dogfly, n. 2, dog fox, n. 1b. Obsolete.

Expressing annoyance (chiefly in questions, after what). Obsolete.

An eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial. (Properly with hyphen, beef-eater.)

A person who eats large quantities of mutton. Also: a sheep-stealer. Obsolete.

a term of abuse.

opprobrious name for a glutton.

slang or colloquial. Used vaguely in exclamations, imprecations, and expletive or intensive phrases.

Used as a vague expletive or intensive: cf. thunder, n. 4.