grease one's gills

verb

To eat a hearty meal.

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Meanings

verbgrease one's gills (third-person singular simple present greases one's gills, present participle greasing one's gills, simple past and past participle greased one's gills)

present singular third person greases one's gills · participle present greasing one's gills · participle past greased one's gills · past greased one's gills

  1. slangTo eat a hearty meal.

    I know how to grease my gills, I do. And I've got me a good recipe for kidney pie.

    2022, M. Laszlo, The Phantom Glare of Day
    1 more example

    He'll give a guinea at the least, To grease his gills at city feast: But tho' to belly he's so kind, Yet not one souse to treat his mind.

    1763, Robert Lloyd, The St. James's Magazine, volume 2, page 188
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