victualling-office
victualling-office noun: synonym of breadbasket (“the abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack”).
Noun
victualling-office (plural victualling-offices)
- Synonym of breadbasket (“the abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack”).
- His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; […]1818, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; or, Sketches of Antient and Modern Pugilism, page 292
- Synonyms:
- breadbasket
Synonyms of victualling-office
Forms of victualling-office
| plural | victualling-offices |
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Questions about victualling-office
- What does victualling-office mean?
- Victualling-office means synonym of breadbasket (“the abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack”).
- What part of speech is victualling-office?
- Victualling-office is a noun.
- What is the plural of victualling-office?
- The plural of victualling-office is victualling-offices.
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