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   paunch

   /pɔːn(t)ʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a large or protruding belly: "his body was powerful and square, with the beginnings of a paunch"
   • 2. a thick strong mat used to give protection from chafing on a mast or spar. archaic

   verb

   • 1. disembowel (an animal): "one of the things I had to do was to paunch and skin a hare"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense ‘intestines’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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