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Definition of paunch noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paunch

noun
 
/pɔːntʃ/
 
/pɔːntʃ/
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  1. a fat stomach
    • The driver had a paunch hanging over his belt.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense ‘intestines’.
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