chuckers

chuckers

A strong desire to eat; a voracious appetite. I hope you've got the chuckers because I've prepared quite a feast!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

chuckers

and chucks
n. a great hunger; an enormous appetite. (Usually with the.) We’ve got three impatient young boys with the chuckers! Feed ’em! Oh, man, I really got the chucks. What time is chow?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • (I've) got to go
  • out of one's
  • save someone's skin
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • other than
  • other than (something)
  • pillow-biter
  • let something drop
References in periodicals archive
The three pairs of chuckers, who made up the human chain in that airplane worked as follows: when the pilot flashed the signal the first pair lifted the bomb from the floor cubicle.
"Bomb-chuckers"
You'd be hard-pressed to find an Aussie to disagree with the opinion that Murali is a chucker. They've banged on about that for a decade now.
Cricket: Why I give Murali the benefit of the doubt; Radio Five Live's voice of sport
SMS, perhaps best known for its high-volume vertical chuckers, will customize the Seiki machining centers, drilling machines, and turning centers into cells and systems for automotive OEMs.
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This battle of two of the most languid chuckers in the sport should be every bit as exciting as the nine-setter they produced at the Palace, where Barney's crucial deciding factor.
Smith seems set for revenge
There are essentially two sorts of people: hoarders and chuckers. My parents comprised one of each and I took after my mother, the hoarder.
The ever expanding universe of junk
Crowe said: "Having been pinned in the head by chuckers over 15 years, having been dubiously bowled first ball in a Test by a certain Sri Lankan bowler, having tried to bowl a decent ball myself with a straight arm, I've had more than enough of this aspect of the game.
Cricket: Crowe lambasts world rulers on suspect actions
I can't understand all the fuss, because me and the boys in the Farrier's Sunday league side would have no half-time refreshments if it wasn't for the pie chuckers.
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The compact holders are designed for use on CNC machining centers, screw machines, automatic lathes and chuckers, CNC lathes and milling machines.
Tap holders. (Cutting & Tool Talk)
In addition to its own vertical chuckers and vertical-spindle grinder, the builder also represents rotary-table surface grinders from Cone-Blanchard Corp.
People News
The plant floor is chockablock with vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, and multi-spindle chuckers that process knuckles, wheel hubs and driveline yokes and flanges.
Metaldyne: supporting strategy with technology. (Produce)
Although allegations of throwing recur in cricket like outbreaks of flu, outlawed chuckers are a comparatively rare breed.
Let's get it straight - Gough's no chucker