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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BELFERT, BILFERT, BULFERT, n. Something or someone over the usual size. [′bɛlfərt, ′bɪlfərt, ′bʌlfərt]Bnff.⁴ 1933:
Fat a bilfert o' a loon he's growing. He's gettin mair gin deef nits ony wy.Bch. 1912 (per Abd.⁹); also Abd.²²:
He was a great fat bulfert o' a loon.Bch. 1929 (per Abd.¹):
That belfert o' a sheaf'll stan' atween's an' the win'.