Read full poem →O'erturns the toiling barch whose steersman does not launch,
And thrust the furrowing beak into her ravening paunch.
Dictionary Entry
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. paunchpaunch slightpaunch fatpaunch littlepaunch large
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Poetry examples for “paunch”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Aaron's asleep--shove hip to haunch,
Or somebody deal him a dig in the paunch!
Look at the purse with the tassel and knob
Read full poem →Than a too-long-opened oyster,
Save when at noon his paunch grew mutinous 50
For a plate of turtle, green and glutinous)
Read full poem →Than a too-long-opened oyster,
Save when at noon his paunch grew mutinous 50
For a plate of turtle green and glutinous)