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BENGAL BLANKET a) the sun; a blue sky b) a tramp; an itinerant worker c) a samosa d) a tiger Answer below. Today's Featured Word: QUAKE-BELLY also QUACK-BELLY NOUN a fat-bellied person ...1622 obs. ETYMOLOGY from quake + belly FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1622 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...that they will all forsooth be alike; the tall man and the short; the Quack-belly, as the Scranio; the fat, as the leane..." From: The Rogue; Or The Life of Guzman de Alfarache Written in Spanish By: Mateo Aleman Translated By: James Mabbe, 1622 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer BENGAL BLANKET a) the sun; a blue sky ...19C Anglo-Indian
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