Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Marie (Corelli) n.

[rhy. sl.; ult. Marie Corelli, pseudonym of romantic novelist Marie Mackay (1855–1924)]

1. the stomach, belly.

[UK]B.J. Brookes diary 2 Nov. 🌐 Although we made gallant attempts to drink the tea, we could not master it, especially as we had not quite got our sea legs and had a funny feeling in our little Maries.

2. television [= telly n.1 ].

[UK]S.T. Kendall Up the Frog.
[UK]D. Powis Signs of Crime 192: Marie (Correlli) The television (telly). (Authoress.).