The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
“I saw him again at our 20th high school reunion and was perversely pleased to notice that he was bald and sporting a large gut hanging over his belt.”
“When she had removed the gut but kept the more edible innards, they lifted the skinned animal to carry back to the city.”
“And what guts it had to have taken to do what they did.”
“On the other hand, you could say that he stands there like some kind of glam-rock geography teacher with a gutful of meths, talking toss at a hundred words a minute.”
“I don't mind that it's traded some gutsiness for a bit of sterility and a more intellectually satisfying approach.”
“Not all the projects have garnered critical acclaim, but few involved in New York's music scene fail to acknowledge Moss' gutsiness.”
“Often considered a golden era for horror films, the '70s saw innovation, politically charged subtext, and a gutsiness mixed to push boundaries and buttons.”