victualling-office

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victualling-office

noun victualling-offices

  1. archaic, humorous, slang Synonym of breadbasket (“the abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack”). His strength and stamina were doubted; he was a youth of not more than 19 years of age, nearly six feet high, 12 stone in weight, but thought to have more gristle than bone: his victualling office had also been some time out of commission; […]

    Similar: breadbasket

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@misc{victualling_office_2026,
  title = {victualling-office},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/victualling-office},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}