beer belly
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of beer belly
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Just last week, he mocked Bill Gates’s beer belly after the Microsoft co-founder was said to have bet against Tesla’s stock price.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
It’s very, very easy to succumb to the funny memes—the Axe body spray, beer belly putsch.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2021
“I had this belly, this beer belly you might call it, sticking out here, and that just went away, just real quick,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2015
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
He was mostly skinny, which made his enormous beer belly even more alarming.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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