bally-warche

A form of bellywark — A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.

Meanings

nounbally-warche (plural bally-warches)

plural bally-warches

  1. alternativeLancashireAlternative spelling of bellywark.

    Th' singers couldn't get forrud for laughin'. One on 'em whisper't to Thwittler, an' axed him if his fiddle had getten th' bally-warche.

    1867, Edwin Waugh, Th' Barrel Organ
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