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gorbellies

gorbellies is the plural of gorbelly.

Meaning of gorbelly

Noun

gorbelly (plural gorbellies)

  1. (obsolete) A large, protruding belly.
    Synonyms:
    paunch
  2. (obsolete) A person with such a belly.
    • The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me.a. 1607, Thomas Tomkis, Lingua, or, The Combat of the Tongue and the Five Senses for Superiority, act 5, scene 5

Questions about gorbellies

What is gorbellies the plural of?
Gorbellies is the plural of gorbelly.

Words near gorbellies in the dictionary

  1. Gorbals kisses
  2. Gorban
  3. Gorbasm
  4. Gorbasms
  5. gorbellied
  6. gorbellies
  7. gorbelly
  8. Gorbio
  9. gorblimey
  10. gorblimy
  11. gorbuson

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