a. dial. [f. STOMACH sb. + -Y.]

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  1.  Ready to take offence, irritable.

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1825.  Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., 73. Stomachy, obstinate, proud, haughty.

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1829.  Brockett, N. C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Stomachy, easily offended, resentful—stomachful.

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1876.  T. Hardy, Ethelberta, xlvi. ‘Now never be stomachy, my good soul,’ cried Sol from the fireplace.

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  2.  High-spirited.

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1896.  Baring-Gould, Broom-Squire, i. 3. ‘He’s a stomachy (sturdy) young chap,’ she said, patting the babe with the now disengaged hand.

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  3.  Big-bellied, paunchy.

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1889.  Stevenson, Ballantrae, 21. A little, bald, solemn, stomachy man, a great professor of piety.

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