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tenterbellies

tenterbellies is the plural of tenterbelly.

Meaning of tenterbelly

Noun

tenterbelly (plural tenterbellies)

  1. (obsolete) A glutton.
    • Not with ſweet wine, mutton and potage, as many of thoſe Tenterbellies doe, howſoever they put on Lenten faces, and whatſoever they pretend, but from all manner of meat.1628, Robert Burton, The Anatomy Of Melancholy

Questions about tenterbellies

What is tenterbellies the plural of?
Tenterbellies is the plural of tenterbelly.

Words near tenterbellies in the dictionary

  1. tenter-hook
  2. tenter-loft
  3. tenter-lofts
  4. tenter-post
  5. tenter-posts
  6. tenterbellies
  7. tenterbelly
  8. Tenterden
  9. tentered
  10. tenterer
  11. tenterers

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