stay-stomach
stay-stomach noun: a snack.
Noun
stay-stomach (plural stay-stomachs)
- A snack.
- I reckon that old fellow, your husband, aint brung in your breckkus yet ; so you must be mighty hungry by this time, and there’s no better stay-stomach in the worl than hard biled eggs.1841, William Gilmore Simms, “Caloya; or, The Loves of the Driver”, in The Wigwam and the Cabin, New York: Jophn W. Lovell Company, published 1885, page 396
- But there were others in the thirteenth century, quoted in the Summa Summarum of Sylvester Prieras, who said that a man might take electuaries, or ginger by way of stay-stomach, without impeding Communion.1873, Rev. Hollingworth Tully Kingdon, Fasting Communion, page 91
- Synonyms:
- stay-belly
Synonyms of stay-stomach
- stay-belly
Forms of stay-stomach
| plural | stay-stomachs |
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Origin of stay-stomach
1800. From stay + stomach.
Questions about stay-stomach
- What does stay-stomach mean?
- Stay-stomach means a snack.
- What part of speech is stay-stomach?
- Stay-stomach is a noun.
- What is the plural of stay-stomach?
- The plural of stay-stomach is stay-stomachs.
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