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guts
noun- the stomach; the general area of the stomach and intestines UK, 1393
Standard English from late C14; slipped into unconventional usage early in C19. - I was dead charlie and the little fairies were having a right game in my guts. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 49, 1958
- the essentials, the important part, the inner and real meaning UK, 1663
- I think there is material here we can work with, but it is a bit of a muddle and needs a lot more clarity in the guts of it in terms of what is new/old. — The Guardian, 25 September 2003
- the pulp and membrane inside a fruit TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1990
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, 2003
- the interior of a car US
- — American Speech, p. 312, Autumn–Winter 1975: “The jargon of car salesmen”
- information AUSTRALIA, 1919
- But by God I was going to get the guts about Ernie if I choked her. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 258, 1945
- — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 157, 1957
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 43, 1977
- courage US, 1891
- A couple of drinks’ll give us some guts. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 77, 1947
- Jesus had guts! He wasn’t afraid of the whole Roman army. — Richard Brooks, Elmer Gantry, 1960
- CARTER: You shit. You didn’t have the guts to do it yourself, did you? — Mike Hodges, Get Carter, p. 65, 1971
- in the gambling game two-up, the bets placed with the spinner of the coins AUSTRALIA, 1941
- The “guts” is sometimes called the “centre”. It is the money wagered by each player who takes a turn in the actual spinning of the coins, and also the amounts put in by other players to cover him. — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 100, 1966
▶ have your guts for garters
used for expressing a level of personal threat UK, 1933
An idea that has been in circulation since about 1592. Hyperbolical, but none the less real for all that.- [T]he universities will be outraged on principle, not to mention the Royal Society. It’ll go totally barmy. Have my guts for garters, too. I can’t believe we’re even discussing this. — The Guardian, 8 October 2003
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