portliness
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And let's be clear: Even if body-shaming was acceptable, Newt Gingrich would not be in a position to lecture someone else about portliness.
From US News ● Sep. 29, 2016
A woman of firm portliness, resolute and cheerful, talked to reporters in Philadelphia last week, who went away and dubbed her "The German Apron Queen."
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a short man with a serious face, myopic, and tending toward portliness.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Seabiscuit, already inclined toward portliness, was turning into one thousand pounds of flab.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
He was a distin- guished-looking man, taller than Brinker so that his portliness was not very noticeable.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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