Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having large bones; stout; very strong.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Used other than as an idiom: Having large
bones . - adjective
Fat ,obese .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
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Examples
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First Impression: Hedda is described as a big-boned woman who is stern and stubborn.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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First Impression: Hedda is described as a big-boned woman who is stern and stubborn.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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Detective Thelma Fielding, probably forty, was a strong woman with exceptionally large eyes, man-hands, what you’d call a big-boned woman.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Detective Thelma Fielding, probably forty, was a strong woman with exceptionally large eyes, man-hands, what you’d call a big-boned woman.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Detective Thelma Fielding, probably forty, was a strong woman with exceptionally large eyes, man-hands, what you’d call a big-boned woman.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Antonio Wright always had issues with his weight; even as a small child, he remembers being referred to as “stocky” and “big-boned.”
Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011
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She's the reason that in Australia, the phrase is: "It's not over until the tall, big-boned, lantern-jawed woman sings."
Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011
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She's the reason that in Australia, the phrase is: "It's not over until the tall, big-boned, lantern-jawed woman sings."
Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011
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With a larger-than-life aura, this short, big-boned Jewish woman had sinewy, arthritic hands, rounded shoulders, and burning bunions on her tired feet.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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But there arose one, Long Jeff, a Yankee-man, big-boned and big-muscled.
GRIT OF WOMEN 2010
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