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paunch
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paunch
1. another name for rumen
2. Nautical a thick mat that prevents chafing

paunch [pȯnch]
(anatomy)
In colloquial usage, the cavity of the abdomen and its contents.
(vertebrate zoology)


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It works something like the proverbial "Catch 22"--we see beautiful bodies; then observe our own paunches, sags, and cellulite.
AL MICHAELS: "The only sure bet in wrestling is that two sumo wrestlers are going to roll with the paunches.
Now 30 years later we were gathered on a boat, gray haired, some of us with paunches and a few wrinkles.
 
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