bellywark
nounEtymology From belly + wark (“pain”).
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Midlands, Northern England A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.
- "Nay, nay," replied Charley, "I'm noen soea weel this morning, I've had th' bellywark vary bad, an' I'm feared it 'ell start again if I knock abaet, I'd rather ne quiet."1869, A. Lodge, Forty Years Ago, page 22:
- wish I could eat the darn stuff - gives me bellywarks !!2011 December 7, Richard, “Re: Cafe Giardino”, in Hastings Forum:
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- "Cuddy's getten bellywark. Green imbers, he's etten."2013, Greer Gilman, Cloud & Ashes, →ISBN, page 173: