After this, he sits down and waits patiently till his dinner is put into the bowl, on which he falls to and gobbles it up,-the table-cloth preventing any of the bits which tumble over from soiling the carpet.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
He breaks the shell with a vigorous blow of his tail, and gobbles up the contents.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
"I just enjoy being real spiteful sometimes-especially when another girl gobbles all the men in sight; and I know I'm prettier than she is.
"An Alabaster Box"
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley