could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

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• could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
• could eat the crutch from a low flying duck

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could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

1. (Australia, slang) Am/are/is extremely hungry.
   • 1995 January 4, JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS, “ZooFest Report V”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet):

     Against all odds we got there, and a marvelous meal it was, even though we were all hungry enough to eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck by that time.

   • 2001 March 12, Sydney Webb, “Foundation and Huns - Postscript”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet):

     "'Ken oath, I'm so hungry I could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck," announced Jaime.

   • 2004, Anthony Crowley, The Frail Man, page 37:

     Tis only hunger. gristlefuck: I could tear the crotch from a low-flying duck with me bare teeth!

   • 2006, Louise Deteliga, Fashion Slaves, →ISBN, page 82:

     Max stretched. “I'm so famished I could eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck.

   • 2010, Nicholas Shakespeare, Secrets of the Sea, →ISBN, page 444:

     But the ferry into Devonport was two hours late and I was famished. I could have eaten the crotch out of a low-flying duck.”