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Bellyful

noun
1.
An undesirable overabundance.





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"Bellyful" Quotes from Famous Books



... and forgo the dazzling revenge of his life. 'Twas in vain the duke's side asked, "Would we suffer our arms to be insulted? Would we not send back the only champion who could repair our honour?" The nation had had its bellyful of fighting; nor could taunts or outcries goad up ...
— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray
... you're enlightened. They know more books, but you know more life in a minute than they'll ever know—you got a better idea of the what-for in this world. Let 'em write! You fight! If it rests on that hairy bunch to stop the war you'll get a bellyful of fighting. They're just a noisy fringe of buzzers round the real folks ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson


Words linked to "Bellyful" :   overmuch, superabundance, overabundance, overmuchness


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