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Definition of Bellyful
1. Noun. An undesirable overabundance. "A bellyful of your complaints"
Definition of Bellyful
1. n. As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.
Definition of Bellyful
1. Noun. (informal) An undesirable large quantity of something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bellyful
1. an excessive amount [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellyful
Literary usage of Bellyful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tour in Ireland: With General Observations on the Present State of that by Arthur Young (1780)
"... generally live:upon oatmeal and potatoes, and milk, with meat once a week4
and have their 'bellyful. A FARM of 6 acres. ..."
2. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... And bangs mo most severely : But let him bang his bellyful, I'll bear it all
for Sally ; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. ..."
3. The Whole Familiar Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam by Desiderius Erasmus (1877)
"Ch. Soho, boy I shut the door and lock it, that nobody come and surprise us ;
that we may play our bellyful. THE ASSEMBLY OR PARLIAMENT OF WOMEN. ..."
4. Autobiography of Thomas Wright, of Birkenshaw, in the County of York. 1736-1797. by Thomas Wright (1864)
"But the Collier * has given him his bellyful now. He too talk'd of hammering
Latin you know, ... bellyful ..."
5. A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's by Henry George Bohn, John Ray (1888)
"A bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink, 71. A beggar payeth a
benefit with a louse ... A bellyful of gluttony will never study willingly, 98. ..."
6. Extracts from the Imformation Received by His Majesty's Commissioners, as to by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (1833)
"I stand by the children myself, and see that they have a bellyful three times a
day-" " What ... The working men have a bellyful. We never weigh anything, ..."
7. Statistical Survey of the County of Clare: With Observations on the Means of by Hely Dutton (1808)
"I will not assert, that " potatoes are a better food than bread and cheese; "
but I have no doubt of a bellyful of one (which " the Irish almost always ..."
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