gannet n.
(orig. naut.) a glutton, a heavy eater; a greedy person (for items other than food).
Sea Sl. 56: Gannet, a greedy seaman. | ||
Post (Lanarks.) 7 Feb. 18/4: Services Slang [...] Navy [...] Gannet — greedy seaman. | ||
Lag’s Lex. 91: gannet, any glutton [...] The bet may be on how many plates of porridge one ‘gannet’ can put away at a sitting. | ||
Nil Carborundum (1963) Act III: Look at that rotten gannet. | ||
Beano Comic Library No. 121 51: Mama Mia! What a pair of gannets! | ||
NZEJ 13 29: gannet n. A greedy person. | ‘Boob Jargon’ in||
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 76/1: gannet n. 1a selfish, greedy person. |