bellybutton
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bellybutton
Example Sentences
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Fashion elements from the 1970s, like bell-bottoms, mashed up against early 2000s fashion like low-rise jeans, bellybutton piercings, and big cargo pants.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2022
Like bellybutton piercings of the streets, the gleam of these cast-iron discs are little glimpses of jewellery not usually seen.
From BBC • May 14, 2021
The pain is typically in the middle of the abdomen around the bellybutton and can last from two hours to three days.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2020
As a result, while discussing the remarkable diversity of creatures dwelling on and in our bodies, he can tell you that his own bellybutton harbors a bacterium, Marimonas, also found in the Mariana Trench.
From Scientific American • May 16, 2020
Grandmom’s green rosary beads make a V on Pop’s chest and Jesus hangs on a black cross right around Pop’s outie bellybutton.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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