tummy

tum·my

[tuhm-ee]
noun, plural tum·mies. Informal.
stomach: The baby had a pain in his tummy.

Origin:
1865–70; nursery alteration of stomach

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tummy (ˈtʌmɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -mies
an informal or childish word for stomach

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Tummy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

tummy
1867, infantile for stomach. Tummy-ache is attested from 1926.
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