beer gut
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I started to build an image of him in my mind: red hair, freckled, pale skin, a slight beer gut, maybe around 40, single, no kids.
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025
He’s a salt-of-the-earth fellow: goateed, burly with a bit of a beer gut, taciturn, with a baseball cap on his head.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2021
Balding and with a healthily convex beer gut, Eckhart is almost unrecognizable in the role.
From Time • Nov. 17, 2016
I got a massage last week, but in the early miles Sunday, my legs felt heavy and tight, the way my beer gut used to strain against a T-shirt.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2014
Beatrice Leep lived with her father, a former professional basketball player with gimpy knees, a beer gut, and not much enthusiasm for steady work.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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