different between potbelly vs alderman
potbelly
English
Alternative forms
- pot-belly
- pot belly
Etymology
pot +? belly
Noun
potbelly (plural potbellies)
- A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch. [from 18th c.]
- A potbelly stove.
- (informal) A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
Synonyms
- (protruding abdomen): See also Thesaurus:paunch.
- (American slang) kettlebelly
Translations
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alderman
English
Etymology
From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“man”). See ealdorman.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: al?der?man
Noun
alderman (plural aldermen)
- A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
- (Britain, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
- 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
- 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- A long pipe for smoking.
- 1843, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review (volume 10, page 419)
- In one part of Cockaigne an amalgamation of these two last has lately taken place; and the pleasure experienced by the parishioners of Walbrook is unbounded when smoking an alderman and churchwarden.
- 1843, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review (volume 10, page 419)
- (US, slang) a potbelly, paunch.
- 1934, James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, ch. 13:
- He'd exercise, get the fat off, because if he let it go, he'd have too much on and maybe make his heart worse, and you looked like hell with an alderman. … And she wouldn't want a guy who stuck out in front like a balloon.
- 1934, James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, ch. 13:
Derived terms
- aldermanic
- alderman in chains, alderman hung in chains
Synonyms
- baillie (Scotland)
Translations
See also
- Wikipedia article on Alderman (member of legislature)
Anagrams
- almander, malander
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.d??.man/
Noun
alderman m (plural aldermans)
- alderman
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- aldermon
- aldirmon
Noun
alderman m
- alderman
Inflection
Descendants
- West Frisian: âlderman
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