beer belly
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of beer belly
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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"I do have a bit of a beer belly, but that's not by drinking beer. I've been on one of the medications, which is a steroid," he says.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023
The subtext, we guess, is don’t ever judge: Your neighbor with a beer belly and a comb-over who drives a beat-up Honda Civic might just be 007 laying low.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2021
It’s very, very easy to succumb to the funny memes—the Axe body spray, beer belly putsch.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2021
Bale threw Russell for a loop, too, when the actor showed up for the first day of shooting with what cannot accurately be described as a beer belly — it’s more like a whole brewery.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2013
“I must be mad. He has a beer belly and Dracula teeth and a wife and children and he’s old.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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