Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A posterior part of the peptogaster, including the large intestine or its equivalent, as the colon, cæcum, and rectum; the “hind-gut” of some writers, translating Hinterdarm of the German morphologists.
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Examples
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To some, with a smart souse on the epigaster, he would make their midriff swag, then, redoubling the blow, gave them such
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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To some, with a smart souse on the epigaster, he would make their midriff swag, then, redoubling the blow, gave them such
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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To some, with a smart souse on the epigaster, he would make their midriff swag, then, redoubling the blow, gave them such a homepush on the navel that he made their puddings to gush out.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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