bellybutton
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bellybutton
Example Sentences
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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
He called Tulsa “the bellybutton of world culture.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2017
I was left with the choice of wearing the pants either around my ankles or hitched up to my bellybutton.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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