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单词 pinch-belly
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pinch-belly
pinch-belly n.
Brit. /ˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛli/
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U.S. /ˈpɪn(t)ʃˌbɛli/
now rare a mean or miserly person, esp. one who is sparing with food; frequently attributive.
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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.
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