pot-belly

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See also: potbelly and pot belly

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Noun[edit]

pot-belly (plural pot-bellies)

  1. Alternative form of potbelly
    • 2004, Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi, Ian S. Laurie, Eustache Deschamps: Selected Poems, →ISBN:
      And as for his pot-belly, I will not be in service any longer to that pot.
    • 2007, Material Matters, →ISBN:
      Pañcika's iconography depicts him with a pot-belly, holding a skin purse (probably full of gold coins or jewels) and an offering bowl.
    • 2008, James M. Campbell, One Night in the House of the Creepy Santas, →ISBN, page 58:
      Belching loudly, he sat back in his chair, letting his pot-belly protrude out so much that it touched the edge of his desk.