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slow-belly

slow-belly is the alternative form of slow belly.

Meaning of slow belly

Noun

slow belly (plural slow bellies)

  1. (obsolete) A lazy person; a heavy indolent glutton.
    • One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Titus 1:12

Forms of slow-belly

pluralslow-bellies

Questions about slow-belly

What is slow-belly the alternative form of?
Slow-belly is the alternative form of slow belly.

Words near slow-belly in the dictionary

  1. slow wheel
  2. slow worm
  3. slow worms
  4. slow-acting
  5. slow-bellies
  6. slow-belly
  7. slow-burn
  8. slow-burned
  9. slow-burning
  10. slow-burns
  11. slow-contact

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