Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That causes rumbling or whistling in the belly.
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Examples
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I vas full of apprehension about the coming campaign, and fed up with endless files and reports, and my head ached, and my shoes pinched, so I poured down the whistle-belly with brandy on top, and the inevitable result was that I finished up three parts tight in some cellar near Charing.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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It was close and warm in his office, even with the verandah doors wide and a nigger working a fan; Raglan was sweating in his shirt-sleeves, and as I drank my whistle-belly at a side-table and studied him, I could see that even a couple of months out east had aged him.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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