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girth

[gurth] / gɜrθ /
NOUN
measurement around the waist
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NOUN
a band
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Whitesel’s book focuses primarily on Girth and Mirth, a nationwide social club of fat men who hang out with each other to dodge the stressful expectations of the larger gay community.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2014

Not every Girth and Mirther, of course, emerged from such dire straits; some merely wanted to socialize without fretting about their bodies.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2014

"Draws could be decided by the team with fewest snoods on display, or the team in possession of the fewest Twitter accounts" - Girth Jenkyns.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2011

A formally trained photojournalist, Big Girth is also a former male model.

From Time Magazine Archive

G, "the comone Crose."—Probably the Girth Cross, at the foot of the Canongate, near Holyrood.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David




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