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wame

[ weym ]

noun

  1. Scot. and North England. belly.


wame

/ weɪm /

noun

  1. dialect.
    the belly, abdomen, or womb
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wame1

1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) wayme, variant of womb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wame1

C14: northern variant of womb
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Example Sentences

I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my wame's made o' better leather.

The wame-ill was the prevalent type of sickness in the great Scots famine of 1439, a year of famine in England and France.

Here's health to the sick, stilts to the lame; claise to the back, and brose to the wame.

Stand back there, fat loon, gin ye wantna a quarrel shot intil that swagging tallow-bag ye ca' your wame!

Ye lie on your wame a bittie in the bield of this wood, and ye tell me that ye've cuist off these Frasers and Macgregors.

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