Potbelly vs Alderman - What's the difference?
potbelly | alderman |
As nouns the difference between potbelly and alderman is that potbelly is a large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch while alderman is a member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town.
potbelly English
Noun
(potbellies)
a large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch
a potbelly stove
Synonyms
* (protruding abdomen) See also .
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alderman English
Noun
(aldermen)
A member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town.
A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
*1859 ,
*:Half-a-crown'' is known as an (alderman), (half a bull), (half a tusheroon), and a (madza caroon); whilst a ''crown'' piece, or ''five shillings , may be called either a (bull), or a (caroon), or a (cartwheel), or a (coachwheel), or a (thick-un), or a (tusheroon).
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Synonyms
* baillie (Scotland )
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