stummy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈstʌm.i/
Etymology
Originally a clipping of stomach + -y. Now seen as a blend of stomach and tummy.
Meanings
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(childish, colloquial) The stomach, tummy.
'I like my little stummy,' he had once frankly observed, on being rallied on his devotion to the delicacies of the table.
1879, Graeme Mercer Adam; George Stewart, eds, The Canadian Monthly, volume 2, page 527:I sucked my stummy in some and replied, […]
2000, The 1898 Baseball Fe-As-Ko, page 173:I'm so soft (pointing to herself) in my stummy.
1909, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 89:One little Cowes boy,/ His “stummy” felt so bad;/ Fennings gave him but one dose,/ And that settled the —/ Confound it! Our pen has suddenly become prosaic again; neither “ stomach-ache” nor “ bowel complaint ” will rhyme to “bad,” and we ...
1896, Exposures of Quackery Being a Series of Articles Upon, and Analyses Of, Various Patent Medicines, Volumes 1-2, page 136:"Poor Stummy [which playful Term means Stomach], he gits Sick."
1859, Jacques Maurice, James Willard Morris, K.N. Pepper, and other condiments, page 233:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stummies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |