What does "victualling-office" mean?

Synonym of breadbasket (“the abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack”).

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Common synonyms include: breadbasket.

Victualling-office

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Synonym of breadbasket (“the abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack”). archaic, humorous, slang
"His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; […]"

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breadbasket

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"His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; […]"

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