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Definition of Bellyfuls
1. bellyful [n] - See also: bellyful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellyfuls
Literary usage of Bellyfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"We that are full fed may praise fast: we that in our heat of youth have drunk
our bellyfuls, may deride those that in the heat of their bloods are athirst. ..."
2. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1851)
"We that are full fed may praise fast: we that in our heat of youth have drunk
our bellyfuls, may deride those that in the heat of their bloods are athirst. ..."
3. The Fortnightly Review (1871)
"But can aught surpass Sound bourgeois rule, with bellyfuls of grass ? " XI.
These words the opinion of the public win. The cautious Stag, persuaded, ..."
4. Persian Literature by Firdawsī, Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Ḥāfiẓ, Saʻdī (1900)
"... for the treasury of the Beat-al-mal, or charity fund, is intended to afford
mouthfuls to the poor, and not bellyfuls to the imps of the devil. ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1840)
"... our excellent constitution,)—and then the multitudes would be driven starving
over the land, whilst the agricultural labourers get their bellyfuls. ..."
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