Definition of Potbellies

1. Noun. (plural of potbelly) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Potbellies

1. potbelly [n] - See also: potbelly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potbellies

potato yellow-dwarf virus
potato yellow dwarf
potatobug
potatobugs
potatoe
potatoes
potatoey
potatolike
potatory
potatos
potayto, potahto
potbellied
potbellied pig
potbellied pigs
potbellied stove
potbellies (current term)
potbelly
potbelly stove
potboil
potboiled
potboiler
potboilers
potboiling
potboils
potbound
potboy
potboys
potbrownie
potbrownies
potch

Literary usage of Potbellies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... potbellies corporeal and spiritual with it, here at home? I am struck silent, looking at much that goes on under these stars; — and find that mis- ..."

2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... than buying ridiculous upholsteries, idle luxuries, frivolities, and in the end unbeautiful potbellies corporeal and spiritual with it, here at home ? ..."

3. History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... than buying ridiculous upholsteries, idle luxuries, frivolities, and, in the end, unbeautiful potbellies corporeal and spiritual with it here at home ? ..."

4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1898)
"... despite the fears of experienced practitioners that weakness and hemorrhage will certainly come, despite the horrible dread that potbellies will result, ..."

5. In His Name: A Story of the Waldenses, Seven Hundred Years Ago by Edward Everett Hale (1874)
"... we would smoke the old potbellies out of their kitchens and refectories, and we would bring the ' Poor Men of Lyons ' home to their own houses, ..."

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