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podgy

[poj-ee] / ˈpɒdʒ i /




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As a 13-year-old, she writes, she felt "podgy and sad when I had to reach for a garment that was labelled with a number in the high teens".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2018

THE opening of South Africa’s parliament is always a glitzy affair: podgy politicians strut before the cameras in local garb, ball-gowns and slick suits.

From Economist • Aug. 28, 2014

"You can't look good as a podgy mod," Elms says.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2012

Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters The faces staring out from the prints covering the wall of a tiny museum in Tokyo are uniformly podgy.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2010

“I still can’t hear you,” Aarfy complained tolerantly, cupping his podgy hand behind the blanched corolla of his ear.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller