Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Plump; fat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Plump; fat; sleek.
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- adjective
Plump ;fat ;sleek .
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Examples
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She had "plumpy" cheeks, Reggie says, the kind you want to squeeze.
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Which means whatever those plumpy little cheeks are pressed up against during their delicate slumber is what they'll be breathing in -- formaldehyde included.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Should I Freak Out About Formaldehyde In Baby Furniture? Jennifer Grayson 2011
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Again, there are echoes of Shakespeare, who liked to coin words such as vasty, steepy, and plumpy.
On useful tautology DC 2010
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Again, there are echoes of Shakespeare, who liked to coin words such as vasty, steepy, and plumpy.
Archive 2010-05-01 DC 2010
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Jus past owt frum teh plumpy kyootness ob teh liddle kitteh.
i haz no thumbz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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You have the Martini exactly right - except you've not mentioned what is to me one of the definitive attributes of a Martini: its plumpy silkiness.
Liquid Lunch (Martini Manifesto) Slimbolala 2005
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Its wings long ago gave up the idea of lifting such a plumpy off the ground, and withered away into decorative little stumps.
Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990
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Grandmother Hastings was short and plumpy and her white hair was curly and her eyes were blue.
Brother and Sister Josephine Lawrence
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Art in his plumpy boy stuck with arrows like a skewered capon?
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892
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Bacchus ever fair and young, 271. plumpy, with pink eyne, 158.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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