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an old, potbellied cat that now needs a ramp just to get on the sofa
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That’s not to say that the potbellied courthouse stooges of Norfolk County can’t rig the case.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
—Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
In one, the siblings trim a Christmas tree with doll-size versions of Madani’s bearded, potbellied men.
—Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
—Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
In one, the siblings trim a Christmas tree with doll-size versions of Madani’s bearded, potbellied men.
—Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
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“Potbellied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potbellied. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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potbellied
adjective
pot·bel·lied
ˈpät-ˌbel-ēd 
: having a potbelly
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