• Chowhound

    Origin

    chow + hound

    Full definition of chowhound

    Noun

    chowhound

    (plural chowhounds)
    1. (slang) A foodie or glutton.
      • 1958, Power‎Fortunately for me, I'm one of those people who can be a chowhound and never have to worry about putting on weight.
      • 1988, Marion Meade, Dorothy Parker: what fresh hell is this?There was no danger of a chowhound like Rags starving himself in her absence, but she feared he might pine away and be gone when she returned.
      • 2001, Donald F Sabo, Terry Allen Kupers, Willie James London, Prison masculinitiesBesides being one of the most dangerous and feared guys on the yard, Roscoe is also a chowhound. He would kill for a can of ham...
      • 2007, January 16, Karla Cook, The Food Connection, One in 10 people is a chowhound, a person who is on a passionate search for quality, he says.
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