swagbellied
English
Etymology
See swagbelly.
Adjective
swagbellied (comparative more swagbellied, superlative most swagbellied)
- Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
- c. 1603, Shakespeare, William, Othello, act 2, scene 3, lines 71–74:
- I learned it in England, where indeed they are most / potent in potting. Your Dane, your German, and your / swagbellied Hollander — Drink, ho! — are nothing to / your English.
- 1928, Edward A. Ross, World Drift, New York; London: The Century Co., page 18:
- to please some swag-bellied plutocrat
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Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:overweight