tummy

Definition

The stomach or belly.

Etymology

Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.

Example Sentences

• ""So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.""
• "I got love in my tummy and a tiny little pain / And a ten ton catastrophe on a 60 pound chain"
• "Oh man —pal! You didn't swallow that gum, did you?? It stays in your tummy for seven years and all the other bad stuff sticks to it and then a doctor has to cut it out with an axe!"

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