Alimentiveness, 8 Don't you see that he has burst off his lowest waistcoat button with feeding-hey?
"Masterpieces Of American Wit And Humor"
Thomas L. Masson (Editor)
Ah, but just look and see what a bump of Alimentiveness!
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
Any one will notice that if he will compare the skull of the average self-made hen with that of Daniel Webster, taking careful measurements directly over the top from one ear to the other, the well-informed brain student will at once notice a great falling-off in the region of reverence and an abnormal bulging out in the location of Alimentiveness.
"Remarks"
Bill Nye