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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GABIATOR, n. A gormandizer, a good trencherman.Sc. 1831 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1856) III. 135:
I'll play second knife and fork till nae man . . . settin aside unnatural monsters o' gabiators.

[From Gab, n.1, 2., with punning reference to such words as Rabiator, gladiator, etc.]

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