gorbelly
Americannoun
PLURAL
gorbelliesOther Word Forms
- gorbellied adjective
Etymology
Origin of gorbelly
1510–20; perhaps gore 1 + belly; compare Swedish (dial.) går-bälg
Example Sentences
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Here is the famous temple of the great deity Omasius Gorgut, or Gorbelly.
From Project Gutenberg
At last came in the dancers on the rope, and a gorbelly'd blockhead standing out with a ladder, commanded his boy to hopp every round singing, and dance a jigg on the top of it, and then tumble through burning hoops of iron, with a glass in his mouth.
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