| 单词 | pinch-belly | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspinch-belly   pinch-belly  n.  Brit. , U.S. now rare a mean or miserly person, esp. one who is sparing with food; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > 			[noun]		 > entertainment with food > one mean with food meatnithinga1200 pinchcrust1582 pinch-gut1619 pinch-belly1648 pinch-commons1821 1648    H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck  				Een Spaer-beck,..a Sparer,..or a Pinch-belly. 1721    N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 		(1754)	 App. 318  				I am against all extremes, and especially on the pinch-belly side. 1844    Times 22 Apr. 4/3  				The pinch-belly system has been adopted as a radical cure for plethoric paupers. 1974    W. Foley Child in Forest 190  				After two pinch-belly jobs, the chance to work in the house of a remote hundred-acre farm in Wales seemed a good idea. < as lemmas | 
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