Meaning & use
Belcher
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A person or thing that belches, or, in jewelry, a type of heavy chain made of thick, closely linked oval rings.
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The old man was a notorious belcher after every meal.
He wore a gold belcher chain around his neck.
A note on using this word
The jewelry sense of 'belcher chain' is named after the nineteenth-century English boxer Jem Belcher, who popularized wearing a scarf with a similar linked pattern.
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