plumpish
Example Sentences
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In his teens he was a plumpish fraternity president and cheerleader who played in a country and western trio.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2012
She was six, a bossy little person, slightly on the plumpish side, with carefully braided and brightly beaded cornrows hanging down across her eyes.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2012
Ralph Pucci, a maker of abstracts, produced a plumpish mannequin a while back, but sold hardly any.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2010
"Be sure," exclaimed the woman in the dark glasses with plumpish wistfulness, "be sure to give my regards to Paris!"
From Time Magazine Archive
A plumpish, kindly-faced man; a bewildered, gentle, unimaginative and somewhat frightened man, fresh-cheeked, eye-glassed.
From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber
