bellyaches

Updated: May 20, 2025

How could I prove that he meant to do it? And do you want me to be a loser that bellyaches?" Uncle Denny looked Jim over and breathed hard for a moment before he replied: "Very well, me boy. But I always suspected he had a yellow streak in him and this proves it. Have you seen him do dirty tricks before?" "I never had any proof," answered Jim carefully.

Honoré Morrow - Still Jim

Oh, there wasn't much of anything: couple chumps with bellyaches, and a sprained wrist, and a fool woman that thinks she wants to kill herself because her husband doesn't like her and Just routine work." "But the unhappy woman doesn't sound routine!" "Her? Just case of nerves. You can't do much with these marriage mix-ups."

Sinclair Lewis - Main Street