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English
Etymology
See swagbelly.
Adjective
swagbellied (comparative more swagbellied, superlative most swagbellied)
- Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
c. 1603, William Shakespeare, 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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