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▪ I. ˈbelcher1
[f. belch v.]
One who belches.
1598Florio, Rottatore, a belcher, a spuer, a rasper. 1699Coles, Belcher, ructator.
▪ II. belcher2|ˈbɛlʃə(r)|
A neckerchief with blue ground, and large white spots having a dark blue spot or eye in the centre, named after a celebrated pugilist called Jim Belcher; sometimes applied to any particoloured handkerchief worn round the neck.
1805Sporting Mag. XXVII. 126/1 Their opponents were decked in the yellow stripe [handkerchief], which has acquired the appellation of the Belcher. 1809Monthly Pantheon XIV. 546/1 If there be any of them who will spar with each other, let them wear the appropriate Belcher handkerchief. 1812Examiner 21 Sept. 607/1 The traverser..tied a Belcher handkerchief round his neck. 1825T. Lister Granby xxxix. (1836) 261 Instead of the Belcher he has a loose black handkerchief round his neck. 1846Lytton Lucretia (1853) 154 The lower part of which [a face] was enveloped in an immense ‘belcher.’ 1862Burton Bk. Hunter 1. 31 The fragments of a parti-coloured belcher handkerchief. |