We realize what a sharp disappointment it will be to the adversarial parties if each has to accommodate the other; psychologists have a gourmand's appetite for premature parsimony.
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We could even suppose that every feature of our existence, including and up to our aversion to being eaten, was perfectly tailored to make a better meal for alien gourmands.
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The gourmands want their own capacious stomachs filled, no matter how many are starving.
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Apicius was not transmitted as a family name, but was apparently applied as a nickname, meaninggourmand.
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Known as agourmand, he became very fat before dying prematurely.
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Gourmandhas created a wide spectrum of representation and entertainment with the awards ceremony: at the same moment glamorous and humorous, elegant and funny.
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A trencherman is one devoted to eating and drinking, often to excess; one with a hearty appetite, agourmand.
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His home became a popular salon for artists, intellectuals and gourmands.
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Gourmandscents can be worn by women or men.
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It produces an annual list of what it considers to be the best 50 restaurants in the world, based on the votes of 837 chefs, restaurateurs, critics and fun-loving gourmands.
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Androgum is an anagram ofgourmand.
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