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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1583
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Belly-god, a. [e.m.E. bellygod (c 1540) a glutton.] Gluttonish. — 1583 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 128.
Lyk to scrybes and fals Pharisians; Bellie god bischops
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