Meanings
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noun
a protruding belly or stomach
Years at a desk had given him a noticeable paunch.
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Etymology
From Middle English paunche, from Old French pance, panche, from Latin pantex ('belly, bowels').
View etymology graph ->a protruding belly or stomach
Years at a desk had given him a noticeable paunch.
From Middle English paunche, from Old French pance, panche, from Latin pantex ('belly, bowels').
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