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  • What my Lancastrian compatriots called "broad-chested".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Vicki Woods 2012

  • Belafonte, tall and broad-chested, stood a head taller than most of the crowd, his face stern and his eyes shielded by big sunglasses.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Belafonte, tall and broad-chested, stood a head taller than most of the crowd, his face stern and his eyes shielded by big sunglasses.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Barrel or pigeon chests shouldn't wear shawl collars for fear of looking like the aforementioned bird; on the über-broad-chested, a single-breasted suit avoids the mafia vibe; skinny and tall look more pulled-together in double-breasted.

    The Black and White on Black Tie Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • He was broad-chested, powerfully muscled, of far more than ordinary size, and his neck from head to shoulders was a mass of bristling hair -- to all appearances a full-blooded wolf.

    BÂTARD 2010

  • Belafonte, tall and broad-chested, stood a head taller than most of the crowd, his face stern and his eyes shielded by big sunglasses.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Belafonte, tall and broad-chested, stood a head taller than most of the crowd, his face stern and his eyes shielded by big sunglasses.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • For muscle, he relies on his partner Mr. Craft, a tall, broad-chested former professional wrestler known as "Rockin 'Randy."

    Cries of 'Hey, That's My Jet!' Don't Deter High-End Repo Men Robert Frank 2010

  • For muscle, he relies on his partner Mr. Craft, a tall, broad-chested former professional wrestler known as "Rockin 'Randy."

    Cries of 'Hey, That's My Jet!' Don't Deter High-End Repo Men Robert Frank 2010

  • For muscle, he relies on his partner Mr. Craft, a tall, broad-chested former professional wrestler known as "Rockin 'Randy."

    Cries of 'Hey, That's My Jet!' Don't Deter High-End Repo Men Robert Frank 2010

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