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swagbellied en · ADJ

Etymology

See swagbelly.

Meanings

1. Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
   • I learned it in England, where indeed they are most / potent in potting. Your Dane, your German, and your / swagbellied Hollander — Drink, ho! — are nothing to / your English. c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 2, scene 3, lines 71–74:
   • to please some swag-bellied plutocrat 1928, Edward A. Ross, World Drift, New York; London: The Century Co., page 18:

Forms

Synonyms

overweight