swagbellied

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English

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Etymology

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See swagbelly.

Adjective

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swagbellied (comparative more swagbellied, superlative most swagbellied)

  1. Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
    • c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 2, scene 3, lines 71–74:
      I learned it in England, where indeed they are most / potent in potting. Your Dane, your German, and your / swagbellied Hollander — Drink, ho! — are nothing to / your English.
    • 1928, Edward A. Ross, World Drift, New York, London: The Century Co., page 18:
      to please some swag-bellied plutocrat

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