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swag belly, swag-belly
[f. swag v. + belly n.]
1. (as two words) A pendulous abdomen.
[1604: implied in swag-bellied.] 1632Sherwood, A swag bellie, ventre à poulaine. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 485 He was of an horrid look, short stature, swag belly. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 17 May, Great overgrown dignitaries..dragging along great swag bellies. 1820W. Tooke tr. Lucian I. 469 A multitude of wealthy usurers, all pale with swag-bellies. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 541/2 He is rather a decent Christian, with a swag belly and a jolly face.
b. Path. = physcony.
1857Dunglison Med. Lex.
2. (with hyphen or as one word) A person having a pendulous abdomen.
1611Cotgr., Lifrelofre, a huffesnuffe, swag-bellie, puffe-bag. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. Pantagr. Progn. v. 239 So many Swag-bellies and Puff-bags. 1712― 2nd Pt. Quix. xliii. (1749) IV. 64 Confound thee..for an eternal proverb-voiding swag-belly. 1881Leic. Gloss., Swag-belly, i.q. Sludge-guts.
Hence swag-bellied a., having a ‘swag belly’ or pendulous paunch.
So † swag-buttocked a., having large swaying buttocks; † swag-paunch = swag Belly.
1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 80 Your Dane, your Germaine, and your swag-belly'd Hollander. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. ix. (1804) 46 This swag-bellied doctor. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. x. i. (1872) III. 208 Swag-bellied, short of wind. 1899F. T. Bullen Way Navy 49 A grimy, swag-bellied drudge of a steam collier.
transf.1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall (1845) 334 He saw a swag-bellied cloud rolling over the mountains.
a1652Brome Damoiselle v. i, Dat is de gross English douck, fer de *swag-buttock'd wife of de Pesant.
1611Cotgr., Ventre à la poulaine, a gulch, big-bellie, gorbellie, *swag-paunch, bundle of guts. |