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† ˈthin-gut Now Obs. or vulgar. [f. thin a. + gut n.] One who has a thin belly; a lean starved-looking person; a starveling.
1602Middleton Blurt, Master Constable i. ii, Sirrah thin⁓gut, what's thy name? 1607Rowlands Diog. Lanth. 6 'Tis Mounsieur Vsury, what a leane lanke thin-gut it is. 1631Massinger Believe as You List iii. ii, Does it soe, you thinnegut? Thou thinge without moysture. So † ˈthin-ˈgutted a., thin-bellied, lank, lean.
1625Massinger New Way i. ii, I am out of charity With none so much as the thin-gutted squire. 1735R. Gale in Mem. W. Stukeley (Surtees) III. 111 A thin-gutted dog, like a grey-hound. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Sat. i. v. 93 Methinks, a single Pound of Bread a day Might such a sleek thin-gutted Rogue content. |