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belly vengeance

belly vengeance noun: poor-quality, sour beer likely to cause a stomachache.

Noun

belly vengeance (uncountable)

  1. (British, obsolete, slang) Poor-quality, sour beer likely to cause a stomachache.
    • Many of them were off almost as soon as they came; the taste of her small beer was quite sufficient to get them going throughout all the neighbourhood. It obtained the name of belly vengeance, and belly vengeance it truly is.1833, Rev. Rowland Hill, “Dialogue XLIL: Alderman Greedy's Character”, in Village Dialogues, 29th edition, volume 2, London: T. T. & J. Tegg, page 266
    • Aw, my dear! sich sour maggoty bread, and sich ratten stinking bickies, and sich sour belly-vengeance beer, when we cud git any.c. 1860, John Tabois Tregellas, “California”, in Cornish Tales, page 66

Questions about belly vengeance

What does belly vengeance mean?
Belly vengeance means poor-quality, sour beer likely to cause a stomachache.
What part of speech is belly vengeance?
Belly vengeance is a noun.

Words near belly vengeance in the dictionary

  1. belly sweetbread
  2. belly sweetbreads
  3. belly trap
  4. belly up
  5. belly up to the bar
  6. belly vengeance
  7. belly wash
  8. belly whop
  9. belly whopper
  10. belly whoppers
  11. belly whops

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