Ate a scabby baby

v.

Heard in Waterford

Extremely hungry, to the point of being willing to eat almost anything.

I'm so hungry I'd ate a scabby baby.

Posh English

Good heavens, I am so ravenous I would devour an unsavoury infant.

Related terms

• Id suck a scabby baby through a tennis racketExtremely hungry.
• I'd ate a scabby babby off a tennis racketExtremely hungry.
• I could ate the 12 apostlesExtremely hungry. An emphatic expression of ravenous appetite. Ate means 'eat'.
• Ate the arse off a low-flying duckExtremely hungry, to the point of being able to devour almost anything.
• I'd ate a plate of cold soresExtremely hungry, to the point of eating almost anything.
• As confused as a hungry baby in a topless barExtremely confused or bewildered.