wame

American

[weym] / weɪm /

noun

Scot. and North England. belly.

wame British

/ weɪm /

noun

dialect the belly, abdomen, or womb

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Etymology

Origin of wame

1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) wayme, variant of womb

Example Sentences

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When Lancelot saw her waiting for him at the table, with Arthur beside her, the heart-sack broke in his wame, and the love inside it ran about his veins.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Ye lie on your wame a bittie in the bield of this wood, and ye tell me that ye’ve cuist off these Frasers and Macgregors.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Little odds between a feast and a fu' wame.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

"O man, Wattie," cried his brother, "if you have a wardrobe in your wame, I wish you would vomit me a pair o' breeks."

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

What fizzes in the mou' winna fill the wame.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

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