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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BELLYGUT, BELLIGUT, n. and adj. Given in N.E.D. but neither in Concise nor in the Un. Eng. Dict. Quots. in N.E.D. 1540, 1733.

1. n. A glutton.Mry.¹ 1925; Bnff.² 1933:
That stirk hisna been thrivin' an' yet it's a regular belligut. em.Sc. 1988 James Robertson in Joy Hendry Chapman 52 72:
'Aa richt,' says the saicont ane, 'gin it's a selkie ye see, it's no a delusion o hunger oniewey, ye bellygut!'

2. adj. “Fond of good eating” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 217).Mearns 1872 Stonehaven Jnl. (13 June) 3/6:
“Aye,” he wad say, “a parcel o' bellygut rascals, wha kent o' naething but livin' upon turkies an' port wine.”