Letter B

Breadbasket

A popular term for the stomach in both senses: 1. The digestive organ, as to hear the breadbasket rumble with hunger.

2. The belly, as to have a big breadbasket.

The term comes from the basket once used to hold bread and the 'basket' where the bread ends up after it is eaten.

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