breadbaskets

Definition of breadbasketsnext
plural of breadbasket, slang
as in stomachs
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis got hit right in the breadbasket

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Noun
  • Their big-fish hunting left their stomachs grumbling.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • The separation pampered white prejudices and soothed white conscience and stomachs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Their easy, hedonic seductiveness emerges, too, via Yuskavage’s lush, rounded, fleshy brushstrokes (a different sort of stroke material, for the patriarchy or for anyone else), which render everything from boobs to bellies to nipples smooth and swollen, like a succulent fruit fixing to burst.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
  • Terminus always made sure their arrival came just after nightfall when the streetlights were lit and families were sitting back with full bellies bumping against their dinner tables, houses quiet; all conversation having already been spent between forkfuls of food and hearty swallows of drink.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
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“Breadbaskets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbaskets. Accessed 28 May. 2026.

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