Citations:beer-bellied

English citations of beer-bellied

Adjective: "having a beer belly"

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• 1972 — Charles L. Sanders, "Is Archie Bunker the Real White America?", Ebony, June 1972:

  He's a wholly ignorant, lower middle-class, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, beer-bellied bigot.

• 1987 — John Krich, "Journey to the End of Baseball", Mother Jones, August/September 1987:

  Pregame interviews with beer-bellied coaches are broadcast on a fluttering PA system but leave phrases like "nuestro pueblo heroico" wafting in the air.

• 1996 — "Cher: The Advocate Interview by Chastity Bono", The Advocate, 20 August 1996:

  It is a completely unnatural act to see a bunch of beer-bellied Teamster film technicians sitting around while you're supposed to be madly in love with somebody, in bed, romping around or taking your clothes off.

• 1999 — Eric Alterman, Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy, Cornell University Press (1999), →ISBN, page 77:

  Novak, a beer-bellied tough guy who buys his suits off the rack, wore out the shoe leather in the Capitol.

• 2002 — Robert Girardi, The Wrong Doyle, Justin, Charles & Co. (2004), →ISBN, page 39:

  A thick shadow detached itself from the other shadows and came forward and Doyle was able to make out a beer-bellied, shirtless old man, […]

• 2005 — Thomas Sparrow, Northwoods Standoff, Bluestone Press (2005), →ISBN, page 10:

  I caught a glimpse of the burgundy-clad beauty up ahead, disappearing into a group of beer-bellied elves and wasted dwarves.

• 2012 — Lin Welch, Strength of an Eagle, FriesenPress (2012), →ISBN, page 90:

  Joe, a balding, beer-bellied man in his late forties, reflected on his little operation.