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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
paunch/pɔːntʃ/

▶noun a large or protruding abdomen or stomach. ▶verb disembowel (an animal).

– derivatives
paunchiness noun,
paunchy adjective (paunchier, paunchiest).

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. pa(u)nche, based on L. pantex, pantic- ‘intestines’.

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