Word: gulping
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...much dough could be squeezed out of Junior-a process approached in much the same spirit as that with which the Texas Rangers squeezed information out of Mexican bandits-it seemed improbable that the growing nervous system could stand much more stimulation, or that the tender, childish gullet could gulp down more bread, breakfast food, candy or soft drinks...
Catchwords and phrases from Li'l Abner such as "amoozin but confoozin," "as any fool can plainly see," "natcherly" and both "sob" and "gulp" used as spoken expletives, have become immovably anchored in American idiom. His Shmoos and Kigmies are as easily identifiable to most Americans as cantaloupes and cows...
...efforts to clear a wartime buddy charged with murder, Lawyer Montgomery shocks the village of Lesser Hamilton by filching a bobby's bicycle, and outrages the Lord High Sheriff of Milkshire by tossing off a glass of rare old sherry in one gulp. Under the disapproving glare of a wigged and powdered judge (ably played by Felix Aylmer), Montgomery brings
...comfort Reader Gulp to know that an overdose of silver iodide will often result in no rain...