chowhound

plural chowhounds

1. slangA foodie or glutton.

   One in 10 people is a chowhound, a person who is on a passionate search for quality, he says.

   2007 January 16, Karla Cook, “The Food Connection”, in New York Times

   3 more examples

   Fortunately for me, I'm one of those people who can be a chowhound and never have to worry about putting on weight.

   1958, Power

   There was no danger of a chowhound like Rags starving himself in her absence, but she feared he might pine away and be gone when she returned.

   1988, Marion Meade, Dorothy Parker: what fresh hell is this?

   Besides being one of the most dangerous and feared guys on the yard, Roscoe is also a chowhound. He would kill for a can of ham […]

   2001, Donald F Sabo, Terry Allen Kupers, Willie James London, Prison masculinities