stay-stomach en · NOUN
Etymology
1800. From stay + stomach.
Meanings
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(obsolete, slang) A snack.
But there were others in the thirteenth century, quoted in the Summa Summarum of Sylvester Prieras, who said that a man might take electuaries, or ginger by way of stay-stomach, without impeding Communion.
1873, Rev. Hollingworth Tully Kingdon, Fasting Communion, page 91:I reckon that old fellow, your husband, aint brung in your breckkus yet ; so you must be mighty hungry by this time, and there’s no better stay-stomach in the worl than hard biled eggs.
1841, William Gilmore Simms, “Caloya; or, The Loves of the Driver”, in The Wigwam and the Cabin, New York: Jophn W. Lovell Company, published 1885, page 396:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stay-stomachs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |