2. (common).—Pregnant.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. TO BE awkward; bellied-up, big; big-bellied, on the bones; bow- (or bay-) windowed, cocked-up, double-ribbed, in an interesting condition, in for it, in pod, in the pudding-club, jumbled-up, knocked-up, loaded; on the bones; sewed-up, short-skirted, trussed-up, or wedged-up. TO HAVE one’s apron up; a belly-ful, or a belly-ful of bones; one’s cargo aboard; a nine months’ dropsy (or a dropsy that will drop into the lap); one’s fairing; fallen; got it; a hump in front (or on one’s belly); an inside worry; a kick in the back; a lap-clap; more in one’s belly than ever got there through one’s mouth; young; a white swelling.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Avoir le ventre or le sac plein (= to be bellied-up); avoir un arlequin dans la soupente (of harlots: arlequin = a prostitute’s brat; soupente = loft); avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir (= to have a Jack-in-the-box in the drawer); en avoir dans le ventre (= to have a belly-ful); avoir son tablier lève (= to have got one’s apron up); avoir le mou enflé (= to be swelled in the soft); avoir avalé un pépin (= to have swallowed a seed); entrer dans l’infanterie (popular); avoir un député dans l’urne (popular); avoir une affaire cachée sous la peau (common); avoir mal au genou (= cf. TO BREAK ONE’S KNEES); s’être fait arrondir le globe (popular); avoir un fédéré dans la casemate (common); se gâter la taille (= to spoil one’s figure); avoir la maladie de neuf mois (common: cf. NINE MONTHS’ DROPSY). Also une couleuvre or un chef-lieu d’arrondissement (= a pregnant woman).
GERMAN SYNONYMS. Schwor or schwar (schwer = heavy).
SPANISH SYNONYMS. Arari; avari; barriga ’a boca; cambri; cambrobi; desembarcar; embarago.
3. (booksellers’).—Costly.
4. (cricketers’).—Rough; uneven: as applied to the ground.
