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Delhi|ˈdɛlɪ|
The name of the capital of India, used attrib. in Delhi belly slang, an upset stomach accompanied by diarrhœa such as may be suffered by visitors to India; cf. gippy tummy s.v. gippy 1 c.
1944Newsweek 28 Feb. 76/1 Joe was off again—this time to be the first to hit the heat and filth of India and the desolation of China. He got ‘Delhi belly’ (a form of dysentery) and greeted Tommy Harmon when the flyer walked out of Jap-controlled China. 1962E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xlii. 314, I experienced the usual agonizing symptoms of indiscretion in the East—what the G.I.'s called Delhi-belly. 1980Daily Tel. 25 June 18 In Bombay, shortly after the First World War, our mess was periodically afflicted by a particularly virulent form of ‘Delhi belly’. |