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belly-gods

belly-gods is the plural of belly-god.

Meaning of belly-god

Noun

belly-god (plural belly-gods)

  1. A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating.
    • The deck-hands were Cantonese, and, as is well known to worshippers of the belly-god, they eat their rice seasoned.1936 January 1, The World's New, Sydney, page 19, column 2
  2. (obsolete) A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure. See Thesaurus:glutton

Questions about belly-gods

What is belly-gods the plural of?
Belly-gods is the plural of belly-god.

Words near belly-gods in the dictionary

  1. belly-dumper
  2. belly-dumpers
  3. belly-flop
  4. belly-flops
  5. belly-god
  6. belly-gods
  7. belly-tember
  8. belly-timber
  9. belly-timbers
  10. belly-timmer
  11. belly-up

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