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whip-belly

whip-belly noun: poor quality (weak or sour) beer.

Noun

whip-belly (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Poor quality (weak or sour) beer.
    • Whip-belly — Thin, poor, or weak liquor. Ex. She's a regular skinflint, and supplies her customers with whip-belly,[1866, J. Ellet Brogden, Provincial Words and Expressions Current in Lincolnshire, page 223
    Synonyms:
    pinch-gut, rotgut

Synonyms of whip-belly

Origin of whip-belly

From whip + belly. In reference to its effect on the stomach.

Questions about whip-belly

What does whip-belly mean?
Whip-belly means poor quality (weak or sour) beer.
What part of speech is whip-belly?
Whip-belly is a noun.

Words near whip-belly in the dictionary

  1. whip zooms
  2. whip-around
  3. whip-arounds
  4. whip-arse
  5. whip-arses
  6. whip-belly
  7. whip-belly vengeance
  8. whip-creamed
  9. whip-creamier
  10. whip-creamiest
  11. whip-creamy

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