paunched
- a word derived from paunch.
Example Sentences
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The instant his heavily paunched figure moved from the wings, the crowd turned on the applause full blast.
From Time Magazine Archive
If paunched when it comes from the field, it should be wiped quite dry, the heart and liver taken out, and the liver scalded to keep for stuffing.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
Conscious of his own too muscular neck and shoulders and massive jaw, Baird had noticed that there was not a paunched or bull-necked man in this family.
From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth
Egypt—it is well you aren’t here, to be contorted, cheated, frailed or paunched.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
It would not matter if it were only the paunched and flat-footed authors who were proclaiming the importance of writing without style.
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
