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Meaning of swagbelly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A prominent, overhanging belly.
  2. Hence, a person with such a belly.
  3. A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ; a physconia.

Examples

“Sancho Zancas […] in the picture, was represented as a person of a short stature, swag belly, and long spindle shanks […].”
“He swept his gaze over the short, squat throat, the hairy swagbelly, and the mighty breast, swelling in giant arches like twin shields.”
“However, so many swagbellies and puff-bags will hardly go to St Hiacco, as there did in the year 524”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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