Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The flesh covering the belly; hence, an apron.
- noun The piece forming the belly of a violin, etc.
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Examples
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He writes it out in Arabic, and provided no woman goes through the folds of his clothes or feels under that silken belly-piece be wears, the Germans get it.
The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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He writes it out in Arabic, and provided no woman goes through the folds of his clothes or feels under that silken belly-piece be wears, the Germans get it.
The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909
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Each fish is cut into three pieces, the belly-piece being first taken off, and afterward a slice along each side the back-bone.
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I her hinder parts, the belly-piece, lunch, and all that Scorpio claims, are his. nalice too a fore fufpicion brings;
Original Poems 1773
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