Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinch-belly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: pinch--bel-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pinch-gut (“miser”).

noun

alternative name for squeeze stiles, usually stone, in Gloucestershire generally and Stroud in particular. Archaic, mid 20ᵗʰC. There is a 10ᵗʰC right of way called "Pinch Belly Alley" (aka Mercer St) between Westgate St (51.86567,-2.2465) & Cross Keys Lane (51.86516,-2.24715) in Gloucester. The remains of the two stones are embedded in an old wall.

Example Sentences

"Such a Pinch-belly, that he grudgeth himself sustenance, like that Wretch reported by St. Ambrose, who eating of an Egge for his meat, uttered these words with a sigh, that he had lost a Hen; repining therein at his great expence."

Inflected Forms

pinch-bellies (plural)

Questions

What does pinch-belly mean?: Alternative form of pinch-gut (“miser”).

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