Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BELLY-RIVE(R), n. A great feast, an eating to repletion. [-′raɪv(ər)]Bnff.2 1934; Bnff.4, Bnff.7:
Sic a spread's there wiz at Munty's Meal-an-ale! it wiz a reg'lar belly-rive(r).Abd.2 1934:
The coo brak' in tae the kail-yard an' got a richt belly-rive.Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 73:
... the fowk o Tom na Fuar cairriet the murdered Sassenach doon tae the River Dubh an haived it in, far it cowdled doon tae Loch an Dav tae a pike's bellyrive.
