Guzzled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Guzzle \Guz"zle\ (g[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Guzzled}
     (g[u^]z"z'ld), p. pr. & vb. n. {Guzzling} (g[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
     [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin
     to F. gosier throat; cf. It. gozzo a bird's crop.]
     To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
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           Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. --Milton.
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           Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
           Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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           To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. --Gay.
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