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kco
Jul 5, 2010
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  • This week we will be looking  "Great Words We've Lost"

Bellytimber

noun

  1. Food; that which supports the belly.

bellytimber (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Food.
    If I'm to make it through the day, I'll need some bellytimber.
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bellytimber"
Origin and History
'see here'  read page 41 and 42 very interesting to read.
 
Answers to Which Words 028
Moussaka (b) a Balkan and Middle Eastern lamb dish
Notabilia (c)noteworthy things
Oracy (b)basic competence in oral communication
 
Which Words 029
Paletot (a)an artist's mixing board (b) a word reading the same backwards as forwards (c)an outer garment or coat
Quagmire (a)an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience (b)a bog (c)statutory authority
Rubicund (a)distinctively coloured (b)elastic (c)red
 
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goldendog
Jul 5, 2010
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#2

Bellytimber is a perfect pirate word.

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kco
Jul 5, 2010
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#3

and "timber" used to be referred as a 'house'

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artfizz
Jul 7, 2010
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#4

Quarmire? Quagmire, surely?

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kco
Jul 7, 2010
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#5

made the correction artfizz, so if you know how to spell it then I guess you know what it mean also is 'Quarmire' a word ?

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artfizz
Aug 15, 2010
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kco wrote:

made the correction artfizz, so if you know how to spell it then I guess you know what it mean also is 'Quarmire' a word ?

'Quarmire' is a name - and an occasional mispelling - but not a word as such.

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Abtectous
Dec 21, 2024
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#7
so sad we lost that word!
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ThePersonAboveYou
Dec 21, 2024
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#8

Wow, this thread has been active for 14 years!

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Nylon-Sock-100
Dec 21, 2024
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#9

And now it’s been bumped ! 🙀