Etymology
Origin of underpart
Example Sentences
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Their general colour was greenish-brown, mottled and spotted with reddish-brown, and yellow; the sides green and black; the underpart yellow, mottled with orange.
From Swiss Family Robinson by Wyss, Johann David
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
The underpart of Boswell's face is of a low, almost brutish character.'
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine
The breast, belly, and underpart of the wings of this noddy were white; and the back and upper part of its wings of a faint black or smoke colour.
From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
John acts a strange underpart at the theatre.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
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