Etymology
Origin of underpart
Example Sentences
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The kitchen seemed full of the presence of the long-dead woman whom Tony was still grieving for in some underpart of his mind.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
We had the underpart of the slab on our side, and I did not think of looking when we took it down.
From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by Overend, William Heysham
These white, fluffy, downlike feathers grow on the lower underpart of the body of the Maribou Stork.
From The Bird Study Book by Pearson, Thomas Gilbert
When Geoffrey returned with a few dry pine sticks, Von Donck was collecting some moist moss from the underpart of the rocks.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
But making Œdipus the best and bravest person, and even Jocasta but an underpart to him, his virtues, and the punishment of his fatal crime, drew both the pity, and the terror to himself.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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