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English
Noun
belly-wark (plural belly-warks)
- Alternative spelling of bellywark.
1670, John Ray, “Proverbial Phrases”, in A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs, 3rd edition, J. Hughs, Lincoln's-Inn-Field, published 1737, page 198:Sick of the idle crick, and the belly-wark in the heel.
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