Milwaukee goiter
Milwaukee goiter
old-fashioned slang A particularly large, distended belly, especially as a result of drinking excessive amounts of alcohol; a beer belly. The sheriff of the small town stood a mere five-foot-five, with a Milwaukee goiter so big that it looked as though he hadn't put a bottle down in five years. I always kept in pretty good shape, but after I had kids, I noticed myself starting to get a bit of a Milwaukee goiter.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Milwaukee goiter
and German goiter (mɪlˈwɔki ˈgoɪdɚ and ˈdʒɚmən ˈgoɪdɚ) n. a beer belly. (Refers to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a major beer-brewing city, and to Germany.) By the time he was twenty-six, he was balding and had a Milwaukee goiter that would tip him over if he turned too fast. If you want to get rid of that German goiter, stop drinking beer!
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- German goiter
- goiter
- beer belly
- airing
- air (one's) belly
- air belly
- air one’s belly
- bellies
- belly button
- have a yellow belly