Which preposition to use with eaters

of Occurrences 38%

I met with him once in a house situated on the very confines of Beef and Law; on the line of demarcation between the theatres and Lincoln's Inn; a sort of debateable ground between the spouters and ranters of the stage, and the eaters of commons, by either of which party it was frequented.

in Occurrences 8%

A gag-eater in our time was equivalent to a goul, and held in equal detestation.suffered under the imputation. 'Twas said He ate strange flesh.

as Occurrences 3%

"Why, I believe you are as great a fire-eater as the best of us, lieutenant.

to Occurrences 3%

Pools of salt water have formed over the beach floes in consequence of the high tide, and in the chase of the crab eater to-day very brilliant flashes of phosphorescent light appeared in these pools.

of Occurrences 3%

During the Crusades, it was frequently used by the Saracen warriors to stimulate them to the work of slaughter, and from the Arabic term of "Hashasheën," or Eaters of Hasheesh, as applied to them, the word "assassin" has been naturally derived.

like Occurrences 2%

" "Me speakin' personal," remarked Shorty Rhinehart, "I ain't layin' out to be no man-eater like the chief, but I ain't seen the man that'd make me take to the timbers that way.

for Occurrences 2%

"O God," prayed Mary, "I want to bring the Gospel to these man-eaters for whom Christ died.

into Occurrences 1%

Send workers to cannibal land to change these man-eaters into Christians.

at Occurrences 1%

We Polynesians were always that way, Gargantuan eaters at times, but able to go fifty miles at top speed on a cocoanut in war.

from Occurrences 1%

The name is a double reverential, from quani, eater, and tecomatl, vase, "The noble eater from the royal dish.

over Occurrences 1%

" "And ever since I have been tradingfirst, on the Kennebec with the Abenaquis, in the great forests of Maine, and with the Micmac fish-eaters over the Penobscot.

with Occurrences 1%

One does not break one's teeth on it as over the torone, which is only to be cajoled into masticability by prolonged suction, and often not then; but the teeth sink into it as the wagoner's wheels into clayey mire, and every now and then receive a shock, as from sunken rocks, from the raisin-stones, indurated almonds, pistachio-nuts, and pine-seeds, which startle the ignorant and innocent eater with frightful doubts.

under Occurrences 1%

A severe snubbing from Mr. Busby's official superiors in Australia was the only consequence of this attempt to federate man-eaters under parliamentary institutions.

by Occurrences 1%

The article was entitled "THE RUSSIAN TIGER" and was an account of the slaying of a gigantic man-eater by an American officer when American troops were stationed at Vladivostok, in eastern Russia.

on Occurrences 1%

In the name of Democracy they propose to make a nomination for 1860, at Charleston; but an ultra nomination of an extremist on the slavery issue alone, to unite the South on that one idea, and on that to have it defeated by a line of sectionalism which will inevitably draw swords between fanatics on one side and fire-eaters on the other.

below Occurrences 1%

Why, why the d, roust we all tarn out? Did I not keep a beef-eater below To show the ladies to my monarch cave?

Which preposition to use with  eaters