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Definition of Gorbelly
1. n. A prominent belly; a big-bellied person.
Definition of Gorbelly
1. a potbelly [n -LIES] - See also: potbelly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorbelly
Literary usage of Gorbelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"Old gooseberry and gooser are Saxon additions to and corruptions of the Keltic.
gorbelly.—A large belly, kc that of a glutton. GORMAND, GOURMAND. ..."
2. Manipulus vocabulorum: a rhyming dictionary of the English language by Peter Levens (1867)
"The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me."—Lingua, (Old Plays, v. 213).
Gore, sb. the lap, 174 7 " An elf quene shal ray ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"gorbelly, ». A person with a large (2) ». A clown. Somerset. belly. ... The belching
gorbelly hath well nigh killed me; I am shut out of doors finely. ..."
4. History from Marble by Thomas Dingley, Vincent Brooks (1867)
"The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me."— Lingua, (Old Plays, v. 213).
Gore, ib. the lap, 174 7 " An elf quenc shal my lemman be, And slepe under my ..."
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