stummy
/ˈstʌm.i/
stummy noun: the stomach, tummy.
Noun
stummy (plural stummies)
- The stomach, tummy.
- "Poor Stummy [which playful Term means Stomach], he gits Sick."1859, Jacques Maurice, James Willard Morris, K.N. Pepper, and other condiments, page 233
- 'I like my little stummy,' he had once frankly observed, on being rallied on his devotion to the delicacies of the table.1879, Graeme Mercer Adam; George Stewart, eds, The Canadian Monthly, volume 2, page 527
Examples of stummy in a sentence
- One little Cowes boy,/ His “stummy” felt so bad;/ Fennings gave him but one dose,/ And that settled the —/ Confound it!1896, Exposures of Quackery Being a Series of Articles Upon, and Analyses Of, Various Patent Medicines, Volumes 1-2, page 136:
- I'm so soft (pointing to herself) in my stummy.1909, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 89:
- I sucked my stummy in some and replied, […]2000, The 1898 Baseball Fe-As-Ko, page 173:
Forms of stummy
| plural | stummies |
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Origin of stummy
Originally a clipping of stomach + -y. Now seen as a blend of stomach and tummy.
Words formed from stummy
Words that rhyme with stummy
Questions about stummy
- What does stummy mean?
- Stummy means the stomach, tummy.
- How do you use stummy in a sentence?
- One little Cowes boy,/ His “stummy” felt so bad;/ Fennings gave him but one dose,/ And that settled the —/ Confound it!
- What part of speech is stummy?
- Stummy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stummy?
- Stummy is pronounced /ˈstʌm.i/.
- What is the plural of stummy?
- The plural of stummy is stummies.
Words near stummy in the dictionary
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