two-bellied

Updated: May 7, 2025

Only have a special care, and take good heed thou solder well together the joints of the double-backed and two-bellied beast, and fortify thy nerves so strongly, that there be no discontinuance in the knocks of the venerean thwacking, else thou art lost, poor soul.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3