subs. (colloquial).—A protuberant stomach. For synonyms, see BREAD-BASKET and VICTUALLING OFFICE.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
1849. C. BRONTË, Shirley, ch. xvi. The former, looming large in full canonicals, walking, as became a beneficed priest, under the canopy of a shovel-hat, with the dignity of an ample CORPORATION.
1887. W. P. FRITH, Autobiography, i., 49. Very stout men …. each possessing larger CORPORATIONS than are commonly seen.
