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  • adjective of a person Fat; plump.

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Examples

  • I am what you would call a full-figured gal like Jane Russell, for those of you who remember, with hips, breasts, broad shoulders and swimmer’s arms.

    Escape Your Shape Ph.D. EDWARD J. JACKOWSKI 2001

  • American Idol advisor/Interscope Records boss Jimmy Iovineand photographer Raphael Mazzucco are teaming up to publish a book that pays homage to full-figured women — specifically, their butts.

    Jimmy Iovine Gets to the Bottom of Female Beauty with Butt Book 2011

  • She appeared on Broadway in the early 1970s in "Company" and also served as a spokeswoman in television commercial for bras for "us full-figured gals."

    Jane Russell, film siren who sizzled on-screen in 'The Outlaw,' dies at 89 2011

  • Mr. Strejan must have had a thing for full-figured gals.

    John Strejan Update : Scrubbles.net 2009

  • Nita was a full-figured Oklahoma girl, recently divorced from a soldier at Schofield.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • Nita was a full-figured Oklahoma girl, recently divorced from a soldier at Schofield.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • Is the editor going for shock value, genuinely wanting to celebrate a full-figured beauty, or are there simply logistic issues in clothing the models when mainstream samples sized 2-4 are too small?

    Leona Palmer: Naked: Plus Models in Magazines Leona Palmer 2011

  • Is the editor going for shock value, genuinely wanting to celebrate a full-figured beauty, or are there simply logistic issues in clothing the models when mainstream samples sized 2-4 are too small?

    Leona Palmer: Naked: Plus Models in Magazines Leona Palmer 2011

  • Is the editor going for shock value, genuinely wanting to celebrate a full-figured beauty, or are there simply logistic issues in clothing the models when mainstream samples sized 2-4 are too small?

    Leona Palmer: Naked: Plus Models in Magazines Leona Palmer 2011

  • Is the editor going for shock value, genuinely wanting to celebrate a full-figured beauty, or are there simply logistic issues in clothing the models when mainstream samples sized 2-4 are too small?

    Leona Palmer: Naked: Plus Models in Magazines Leona Palmer 2011

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