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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Wameful,) Wombful, n. [ME wambeful (Trevisa); Wame n. 2.] A bellyful. —1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 296.
I would break the door and be in upon Him to get a wombful of love; for I am an hungered and famished soul 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 441.
The earth-worm, who can never get his wombful of clay
