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paunch

[pawnch, pahnch] / pɔntʃ, pɑntʃ /


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I mean, even in Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze painted the Founding Father with a small paunch.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

A few of them had graying hair, some were going bald, and I spied a paunch or two.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Charlotte insists there's a paunch, but nobody else sees it.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2023

"The portly patriarch of paunch persevered to pulverise the Baron of Beardonkadonk in the final match," the park announced on Twitter, adding that the champ was "still chowing down".

From BBC Oct. 6, 2021

Rekh was an unimpressive figure, similar in build and feature to a hundred other men, with a suggestion of paunch and a foot maimed long ago by spilled molten metal.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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