the bowels
Definition of the bowels
literary
: the deep inner parts of something They dug deep into the bowels of the earth. The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
bowelplay bowels
: intestine, gut
: the interior parts
: the deep or remote parts
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