What is "trencherman"

Usage examples of "trencherman".

Even Jak Lauren, who was not normally a sturdy trencherman so early in the morning, devoured three helpings, wiping grease from his chin and looking longingly at the platter that crackled and spit over the open fire with more eggs.

These two were seldom seen till the dinner hour, for which they were all day preparing, and probably all night remembering, for the Eighteenth Century was an admirable trencherman, and cast age aside while there was a dish on the table.

Valken was a short, stout, rubicund character, easy-going and a trencherman of some note, which may have accounted for the fact that although he was several years older than van Effen he was his junior in the service, a fact that worried Valken not at all.

Lucius Caesar, a better trencherman than his cousin, and thoroughly enjoying this less-spicy-than-pepper-mad-Rome, northern kind of cuisine.

Taking him all round, the German as a trencherman stands pre-eminent among the nations of the earth.

I had to whip up a second batch of dumplings as the major, though a more elegant trencherman, was equally hungry.

There were many stout trenchermen among them, but none to match the Governor, especially when he had had a head start.

Friday, and there were fifty platters to be filled and as many sturdy trenchermen behind them.