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swagbellies

swagbellies is the plural of swagbelly.

Meaning of swagbelly

Noun

swagbelly (plural swagbellies)

  1. A prominent, overhanging belly.
    • Sancho Zancas […] in the picture, was represented as a person of a short stature, swag belly, and long spindle shanks […].1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, II.1
    Synonyms:
    paunch
  2. Hence, a person with such a belly.
    • However, so many swagbellies and puff-bags will hardly go to St Hiacco, as there did in the year 5241694, Peter, transl. Motteux, chapter V, in Gargantua and Pantagruel, translation of La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel by Rabelais, François, published c. 1564
  3. A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ; a physconia.

Questions about swagbellies

What is swagbellies the plural of?
Swagbellies is the plural of swagbelly.

Words near swagbellies in the dictionary

  1. swag-bellied
  2. swag-shop
  3. swag-shops
  4. swagalicious
  5. swagbellied
  6. swagbellies
  7. swagbelly
  8. swage
  9. swage block
  10. swage blocks
  11. swageable

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