BELLY ACHE
NOUNS
1552 ► BELLY-ACHE stomach pain → sl.
1579 ► BELLY-GRINDING pain in the bowels, colic
1595 ► BELLY-THRAWE pain in the belly, colic → Sc.
1599 ► MULLIGRUBS pain in the stomach; a stomach-ache
1601 ► GRIPES stomach pain → sl.
1818 ► GUT-ACHE → GUTS-ACHE a stomach ache → sl.
1823 ► COLLYWOBBLES stomach pain → sl.
1829 ► WAME-ILL a stomach ache → N. Eng. dial.
1839 ► GULLION a stomach ache, colic → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1857 ► CRAMP-COLIC abdominal spasms; appendicitis → Amer. dial.
1898 ► BELLY-VENGEANCE a stomach ache, resulting from drinking anything sour → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C ► WIFFLE-WOFFLES a stomach ache → colloq.
..20C ► WOG GUT an upset stomach suffered by tourists to foreign climes → Brit. sl.
1920 ► BELLY-GRUNTING a bad stomach-ache → Aust. sl.
1925 ► GUTBASH a belly-ache resulting from eating too much food → services’ usage, esp. Royal Navy
1930 ► MULLYGRUMPS a stomach ache → Amer. dial.
1940 ► PAIN IN THE PUKU a stomach ache → NZ sl.
1942 ► GOLLYWOBBLES a stomach ache; a general feeling of discomfort or illness; diarrhoea → Amer. sl.
1943 ► GYPPO GUT an upset stomach; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home → sl.
1943 ► GYPPY TUMMY an upset stomach; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home → sl.
1979 ► GUTROT an upset stomach → Brit. sl.
1980 ► GANDHI’S REVENGE an upset stomach → sl.
VERBS
1904 ► SCREW to be afflicted with violent pain in the bowels → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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