Word of the Day: JELLY-BELLY

ETYMOLOGY
from jelly + belly

EXAMPLE
“…Oh yes,: he said, wagging his grey beard and wambling a mouthful of liqueur, “Julian is staunch.”
“Ass!” muttered Lanyon, with a diabolical grin, “Jelly-belly!
…”

From: The House on the Sands
– Charles Marriott, 1903

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