Tenterbelly

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A glutton. obsolete

    "Not with ſweet wine, mutton and potage, as many of thoſe Tenterbellies doe, howſoever they put on Lenten faces, and whatſoever they pretend, but from all manner of meat."

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"Not with ſweet wine, mutton and potage, as many of thoſe Tenterbellies doe, howſoever they put on Lenten faces, and whatſoever they pretend, but from all manner of meat."

Etymology

tenter ("to stretch") + belly.

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