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swillbelly

swillbelly is the alternative form 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

Forms of swillbelly

pluralswillbellies

Origin of swillbelly

From swill + belly.

Questions about swillbelly

What is swillbelly the alternative form of?
Swillbelly is the alternative form of swill-belly.

Words near swillbelly in the dictionary

  1. swill-pot
  2. swill-pots
  3. swill-tub
  4. swill-tubs
  5. swillbellies
  6. swillbelly
  7. swillbowl
  8. swillbowls
  9. swilled
  10. swilled down
  11. swiller

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