Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a prominent overhanging belly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
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Examples
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I have found thee, thou spongy swag-bellied minnow!
Insult Me With Shakespeare, Please Dave Hurteau 2008
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He was swag-bellied, sporting a little garden of gin-blossoms on his nose, and wearing a tropical shirt that hung almost to his knees.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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I learned it in England, where, indeed, they are most potent in potting: your Dane, your German, and your swag-bellied Hollander — Drink, ho! — are nothing to your English.
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Blackie was a swag-bellied man with a bushy black beard who wore his embroidered vest everywhere.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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Blackie was a swag-bellied man with a bushy black beard who wore his embroidered vest everywhere.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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Blackie was a swag-bellied man with a bushy black beard who wore his embroidered vest everywhere.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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The same thin-legged, swag-bellied children were scavenging among the pi-dogs.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
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'I ken naethin' aboot that, 'retorted the other, bringing his gaze down from the ceiling to rest upon the swag-bellied green bottle on the table beside him.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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I learned it in England, where indeed they are most potent in potting; your Dane, your German, and your swag-bellied Hollander, drink, ho!
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But Purdies face shone with rapture as he observed how severely the swag-bellied booksellers activity was tasked.
Paras. 50-73 1909
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