Literary notes about guttle (AI summary)
In literature, the word "guttle" appears as a multifaceted term whose meaning shifts with context. It is often used to evoke notions of excessive or wasteful consumption—whether referring to overindulging in food or drink as seen alongside "guzzle" in one passage [1] or to spending money imprudently [2]—while in another usage it carries a sense of flattery [3]. Additionally, its application can extend to describing a person's character through nicknames that hint at greed or overconsumption [4][5], and in yet other instances, it serves as a measure of indulgence, implying that a little indulgence can have significant consequences [6]. This diversity in usage reflects the term’s capacity to convey both literal and figurative excess in various literary works.
- What could males do then but yawn, sleep, snore, guzzle, guttle, and drink till they grew dead and got buried?
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 by Various - No, all he has to do with his money is to guttle it.
— from Sons and Lovers by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence - Guttle is used in a secondary sense (= to flatter) in The City Heiress .
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn - "Yes, that is for fear a drop of rain should fall upon John Guttle, and he should catch cold."
— from Courage, True Hearts: Sailing in Search of Fortune by Gordon Stables - "No wonder," thought Duncan, "that the Englishman is called John Guttle in many parts of Scotland."
— from Courage, True Hearts: Sailing in Search of Fortune by Gordon Stables - You don’t know what it is to want rum, you don’t: it gets to that p’int that you would kill a ’ole ship’s company for just one guttle of it.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 15 by Robert Louis Stevenson