whip-belly
English
Etymology
From whip + belly. In reference to its effect on the stomach.[1]
Noun
whip-belly (uncountable)
- (Lincolnshire, obsolete) Poor quality (weak or sour) beer.
- [1866, Brogden, J. Ellet, Provincial Words and Expressions Current in Lincolnshire, page 223:
- Whip-belly — Thin, poor, or weak liquor. Ex. She's a regular skinflint, and supplies her customers with whip-belly,]
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Synonyms
- pinch-gut, rotgut
Related terms
- whip-belly vengeance
- wheep-yill
References
- "whip" in Dictionary of the Scots Language: "Eng. whip-belly, id., so called from its purgative effects."