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bellywark en · NOUN

Etymology

From belly + wark (“pain”).

Meanings

1. (Midlands, Northern-England, countable, uncountable) A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.
   • "Cuddy's getten bellywark. Green imbers, he's etten." 2013, Greer Gilman, Cloud & Ashes, →ISBN, page 173:
   • "Nay, nay," replied Charley, "I'm noen soea weel this morning, I've had th' bellywark vary bad, an' I'm feared it 'ell start again if I knock abaet, I'd rather ne quiet." 1869, A. Lodge, Forty Years Ago, page 22:
   • wish I could eat the darn stuff - gives me bellywarks !! 2011 December 7, Richard, “Re: Cafe Giardino”, in Hastings Forum:
2. (Yorkshire, countable, uncountable) A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly.

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