grease one's gills
English
Verb
grease 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)
- (slang) To eat a hearty meal.
- 1763, Robert Lloyd, The St. James's Magazine (volume 2, page 188)
- 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.
- He'll give a guinea at the least,
- 2022, M. Laszlo, The Phantom Glare of Day
- I know how to grease my gills, I do. And I've got me a good recipe for kidney pie.
- 1763, Robert Lloyd, The St. James's Magazine (volume 2, page 188)