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belly
Noun
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The soft part of the body below the chest.
He got punched in the belly.
pinched
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adjective
(= nasal)
sounding as if the nose were pinched
a whining nasal voice
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adjective
(= bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
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adjective
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
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adjective
(= hard up)
not having enough money to pay for necessities