stomack

/ (ˈstʌmək) /

noun

have a stomack East African informal to be pregnant

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Words nearby stomack

stomachache, stomachal, stomacher, stomachic, stomachy, stomack, stomal ulcer, stomat-, stomata, stomatal, stomatalgia

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Example sentences from the Web for stomack

But to go to a Coffehouse and alwaies drink Chocolate, that sticks against the stomack.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the New-married Couple (1682)|A. Marsh
Sorrel cutteth tough humors, cools the brain, liver and stomack, and provokes apetite.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow
Any kind of animal substance, at such times, must come very grateful to the stomack.
La Ronge Journal, 1823|George Nelson
For they preserve the drink, and make it better for the stomack and head.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby

But how so euer it was, it would haue cooled the hottest Gentlewomans stomack in the world, to be anoynted with like Salue.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter

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