swill-bellyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

swill-belly (複数形 swill-bellies)

1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
   • 1599, Dekker, Thomas, The Shoemaker's Holiday, act 4, scene 5; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, ‎^[1]unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 63:

     I'll not account of her as of my child. / Was there no better object for her eyes / But a foul drunken lubber, swill-belly, / A shoemaker? That's brave!

同意語

• reel-pot, squeeze-grape; see also Thesaurus:drunkard

関連する語

• swill-bowl, swill-box, swill-can, swill-flagon, swill-pail, swill-pot, swill-tub

名詞

swillbelly (複数形 swillbellies)

1. Alternative form of swill-belly