noun
General Slang
wame
· noun · scottish
Belly or stomach — old Scots word still kicking around.
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Definitions
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Your belly, your guts, your stomach. Proper old Scots — Burns used it, your gran still uses it. Usually trotted out when someone's stuffed full or sore from too much scran.
“Ma wame's burstin' efter that fish supper.”
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wame In A Sentence
Ma wame's burstin' efter that fish supper.
Origin & Usage
Middle English 'wambe/wame' from Old English 'wamb' (womb/belly). Survives in Scots long after dying out in English.
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