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n. - A protruding abdomen.

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Usage examples (34)
  • To quote the foreword in one of Luther's books, "his gorged paunch is puffed up with uncivil pride."
  • His chin and his paunch were his most telling points.
  • The almost universal respect inspired by a beard or a paunch is a poor tribute to human discernment.
  • For men, this comes in the shape of a 'paunch' and for women this is described as being 'apple shaped' rather than 'pear shaped'.
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