Abi Fressah's Feast There was not in the whole city of Bagdad a greedier man than Abi Fressah, and you may be sure he was not popular.
"Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends"
Gertrude Landa
People thought she must have gained the King's love by the charms she worked, for her whole dowry was a desert island, with a huge pit in it that could never be filled, and she was so greedy that the more she got the greedier she grew.
"Granny's Wonderful Chair"
Frances Browne
But some of the greedier spirits saw a chance of making a good thing out of the afternoon's work for themselves.
"A Book of Quaker Saints"
Lucy Violet Hodgkin