paunch

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  1. noun The belly, especially a protruding one; a potbelly.
  2. noun See rumen.

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  • Farther along the corridor, a middle-aged man in a striped suit that bulged around his paunch was making notes on a pad. —  Hard Rain - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 11
  • Snide little comments about his paunch, his bald head. —  Blood Lure
  • He had a considerable paunch, a large nose, and a dark stubble against his red face. —  Isaac Asimov - Murder at the ABA
  • I'd hit middle age and had the paunch, the crow's feet, and the receding hairline to prove it. —  EQMM,March-April2008
  • One reason you seldom see haggis on the menu is because of how difficult it can be to find sheep paunch, lamb's liver and suet. —  Paramus Post
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  1. Middle English paunche, from Old French panche, from Latin pantex.

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  1. Early modern English panch, panche (dial. or nautical still also panch); from Middle English paunche, pawnche, panche, paunce, paunch, belly, = Dutch pense, pens = Middle Low German panse = Middle High German panze, German panzen, pansen, pantsch; from Old French panche, pance, paunch, belly, a great-bellied doublet, French panse = Walloon panchie = Provencal pansa, panga = Spanish panza, pancho = Italian pancia, panza = Wallachian pentece, from Latin pantex (pantic-), paunch, belly, bowels.
  2. Formerly also panche; from paunch, n.
 

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