swill-belly

noun

A drunkard.

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Meanings

nounswill-belly (plural swill-bellies)

plural swill-bellies

  1. obsoleteA drunkard.

    I'll not account of her as of my child. / Was there no better object for her eyes / But a foul drunken lubber, swill-belly, / A shoemaker? That's brave!

    1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, act 4, scene 5; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 63

    Synonyms: reel-pot, squeeze-grape

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA drunkard.

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reel-potsqueeze-grape

Origin

From swill + belly.

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APA

swill-belly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swill-belly

MLA

“swill-belly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swill-belly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swill-belly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swill-belly.

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