Brewer's: Gizzard

Don't fret your gizzard. Don't be so anxious; don't worry yourself. The Latin stomachus means temper, etc., as well as stomach or “gizzard.” (French, gésier.)

That stuck in his gizzard.
Annoyed him, was more than he could digest.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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