Big-bellied

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• Bellied

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Belly>>. II. Bellied ·adj Having (such) a belly; puffed out; — used in composit...

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• Big

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Bigg>>. II. Big ·vt ·Alt. of <<Bigg>>. III. Big ·superl Having largeness of size;...

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• big

  barley, to big, to build. Cumb. ...

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• Broken-bellied

  ·adj Having a ruptured belly. ...

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• Fish-bellied

  ·adj Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail. ...

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• Gor-bellied

  ·adj Bog-bellied. ...

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• Great-bellied

  ·adj Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. ...

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• Pot-bellied

  ·adj Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot. ...

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• Swag-bellied

  ·adj Having a prominent, overhanging belly. ...

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• Tun-bellied

  ·adj Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied. ...

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• Big-wigged

  ·adj characterized by pomposity of manner. ...

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• big-head

  n. a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....

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• big-bugs

  People of consequence. Then we'll go to the Lord's house--I don't mean to the meetin' house, but wh...

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• big-wigs

  People of consequence. The same as the last. Demagogues and place-hunters make the people stare by ...

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• big figure

  To do things on the big figure, means to do them on a large scale. This vulgar phrase is used at the...

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• big knives

  A term applied to Europeans and their descendants, by the North American Indians. It signifies weare...

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• great big

  Very large. Often used by children. ...

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• big-wigs

  A cant term for the higher officers. ...

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• Big Bend State

  ·add. ·- Tennessee; — a nickname. ...

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• to go the big figure

  To do things on a large scale. Why, our senators go the big figure on fried oysters and whisky punc...

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• too big for his breeches

  is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty. Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...

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