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Definition of Paunchiness
1. Noun. The bodily property of a protruding belly.
Generic synonyms: Avoirdupois, Blubber, Fat, Fatness
Derivative terms: Abdominous, Paunchy
Definition of Paunchiness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being paunchy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paunchiness
1. [n -ES]
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Literary usage of Paunchiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs for the Chapel: A Series of Historical Sketches, Memoirs and Records by Ambrose White Vernon, Alvin Howard Sanders, Charles Henry Morse (1900)
"Excessive paunchiness is a fault to be avoided, but the highest results, either
in the feed-lot or in the dairy, ..."
2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1918)
"whitened, or the slight paunchiness enhanced even the moving-over of a button.
When Mr. Haas smiled, his mustache, which ended in a slight but not waxed ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The body of a well-fattened Hereford should be free from any paunchiness.
The breast should be broad and full, but free from loose dewlap, the shoulders ..."
4. Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Grey Graham (1908)
"His face was gaining already its hues of red, his figure showed a tendency to
paunchiness, his confidential voice was becoming more consequential, ..."
5. Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Grey Graham (1901)
"His face was gaining already its hues of red, his figure showed a tendency to
paunchiness, his confidential voice was becoming more consequential, ..."
6. Shorthorn Cattle: A Series of Historical Sketches, Memoirs and Records of by Alvin Howard Sanders (1918)
"Excessive paunchiness is a fault to be avoided, but the highest results, either
in the feed-lot or in the dairy, are only possible where ample digestive ..."
7. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1920)
"Formerly this was unnecessarily deep and round, giving the body a paunchiness
from which the term " Punch " was evolved and ..."
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