wolfer

See also: Wolfer

English

Etymology

From wolf (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

wolfer (plural wolfers)

1. One who devours food greedily; one who wolfs down food.
   • 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 13:

     I have observed that there are only two types of eaters in this world - pickers and wolfers.

   • 2011, Marty Becker, Your Dog: The Owner's Manual:

     If your dog's a wolfer, here's a tip to slow him down: choose a couple of smooth stones (make sure they are too big for your dog to swallow), wash them, and put them in your dog's dish with his food.

2. Alternative form of wolver
   • 2012, Peter Edwards, Michel Auger, The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime:

     Wolf pelts were worth plenty of money in the late nineteenth century, and the wolfers had an easy way of killing their prey.

Derived terms

• lone wolfer

 

Anagrams

• Flower, Fowler, flower, flowre, fowler, reflow