Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a prominent belly; abdominous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a large belly
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Examples
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No, he takes Scrooge to the market, and shows him the abundance there, especially the fruits sometimes literal of foreign trade: There were great, round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the doors, and tumbling out into the street in their apoplectic opulence.
A Dickens Of A Debate Between Mr. Scrooge And Mr. Say Jerry Bowyer 2011
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A New Yorker cartoon reprinted in Lee's autobiography epitomizes her appeal: A pot-bellied, bald man shaving at the bathroom sink glances at his wife, who is speaking to him from behind a shower curtain.
More Than a Girl With a Gimmick CARL ROLLYSON 2011
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It seems the neighborhood pot-bellied pig left us a couple of weeks ago, and dozens of his best friends turned out to bid him goodbye:
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No, he takes Scrooge to the market, and shows him the abundance there, especially the fruits sometimes literal of foreign trade: There were great, round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the doors, and tumbling out into the street in their apoplectic opulence.
A Dickens Of A Debate Between Mr. Scrooge And Mr. Say Jerry Bowyer 2011
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He was pot-bellied and almost bald, but the jutting chin spoke of energy and the small eyes were cold and hard.
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You and your pot-bellied followers are better off just wrapping yourself in the flag and clutch your bible in one hand and your picture of Sarah in the other.
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As recently as the early 2000s, the French largely viewed drinking to excess as something associated with pot-bellied British visitors, often ones wearing replica football shirts or mini skirts, even in the depths of winter.
France's young binge drinkers upset cafe society with their 'British boozing' 2011
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It seems the neighborhood pot-bellied pig left us a couple of weeks ago, and dozens of his best friends turned out to bid him goodbye:
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And what about all those pot-bellied NRA gun owners – who need assault rifles in order to defend themselve from the the “jackbooted federal thugs”?
Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010
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How does Mr. Ratzon, an unemployed, pot-bellied, white-haired man almost 60 years old, succeed in making a host of young attractive women dedicate their bodies and lives to him?
Pot-bellied ‘messiah’ Goal Ratzon puzzles Israelis with his 32 wives 2009
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