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stay-stomachs

stay-stomachs is the plural of stay-stomach.

Meaning of stay-stomach

Noun

stay-stomach (plural stay-stomachs)

  1. (obsolete, slang) 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
    Synonyms:
    stay-belly

Questions about stay-stomachs

What is stay-stomachs the plural of?
Stay-stomachs is the plural of stay-stomach.

Words near stay-stomachs in the dictionary

  1. stay-cations
  2. stay-dry
  3. stay-lace
  4. stay-laces
  5. stay-stomach
  6. stay-stomachs
  7. stayabilities
  8. stayability
  9. stayable
  10. stayaway
  11. stayaways

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