blue-bellied
/ˌbluːˈbɛlɪd/adjective
1Especially in the names of animals: having a distinctive blue belly.
2 United States regional ( southern ). derogatory. Designating a person regarded as low, cowardly, or contemptible, especially (in the southern United States) a northerner (sometimes specifically a New Englander).
- From the mid 19th cent. sometimes with punning reference to the blue uniforms worn by Union soldiers..
Origin
Mid 18th century. From blue + bellied.
- Pulitzer Prize
- pulk
- pulka
- pull
- pullable
- pull a boner
- pull a face (or faces)
- pull a fast one
- pull-along
- pull-and-push
- pull-apart
- pull-away
- pull-away boy
- pullback
- pull back (or pull someone/thing back)
- pull-bell
- pull-boat
- pull-bone
- pull cord
- pull-date
- pull-doo
- pull-down
- pulled bread
- dirtboarding
- dirt cheap