Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a heavy meal; a feast.

[1553		T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique (1994) 143: The counseler heareth causes with less pain being emptie, then he shal be able after a full gorge].
1823		‘Jon Bee’ Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. 90: A Gorge, A Gorge a tuck-out, or bellyful, up as high as the throat or gorge ? French.
1883		Daily News 24 Mar. 3, col. 4: The keeper tries these brutes once a week to see whether they are ready for a gorge, and the python has been known to devour eight ducks at one meal, feathers and all, before signifying enough [F&H].
1901		Marvel XV:388 Apr. 10: For one shilling, one regular gorge!
1916		Firefly 9 Dec. 1: There was that beefy-merchant busily preparing a great gorge for himself.
1946		‘Josephine Tey’ Miss Pym Disposes (1957) 102: ‘I bought some cream puffs in Larborough on the way home [...] We can have our coffee in my room and have a gorge’.
1953		Randolph & Wilson Down in the Holler 249: gorge: n. A heavy meal.

2. a glutton.

1923

J. Manchon Le Slang.