A gundy-gut is a fatso, a porker and a lard-arse. But you had guessed that already, hadn't you? It's like a greedy-guts, but a little more fun, and a little more Eighteenth Century.
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A Useful Word indeed, but where on earth is it from?
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I quite like lard-arse, myself. Sounds rather exotic on this side of the Atlantic.
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