paunch
noun
a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
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
"Which direction are we to begin at?" asked the notary, a jolly notary fat and pale, big paunched too, and strapped up in an entirely new hunting-costume bought at Rouen.
From The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant
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 Elizabeth Dejeans
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 Mary Eaton
Egypt—it is well you aren’t here, to be contorted, cheated, frailed or paunched.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
