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Greedily eating suet pudding? Nothing French in that! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

esurient

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'in that' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'greedily eating suet pudding? nothing french' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'french' could be 'sur' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'sur' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for esurient that I've seen before include "Hungry; retinues (anag.)" , "Rapacious" , "Greedy; ensure it (anag.)" , "could eat a horse" , "Hungry, greedy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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