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swill-bellies

swill-bellies is the plural of swill-belly.

Meaning of swill-belly

Noun

swill-belly (plural swill-bellies)

  1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
    • I'll not account of her as of my child. / Was there no better object for her eyes / But a foul drunken lubber, swill-belly, / A shoemaker? That's brave!1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, act 4, scene 5; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 63

Questions about swill-bellies

What is swill-bellies the plural of?
Swill-bellies is the plural of swill-belly.

Words near swill-bellies in the dictionary

  1. swiling
  2. swill
  3. swill down
  4. swill milk
  5. swill up
  6. swill-bellies
  7. swill-belly
  8. swill-bowl
  9. swill-bowls
  10. swill-box
  11. swill-flagon

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