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stubby

adjective as in short and thick

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These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.

As I pull yet another stubby naked fork from the dishwasher, unsheathed from its housing by the sani-heat, I recognize the clock is ticking.

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You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.

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It didn’t matter that I wasn’t naked, or that no one touched me, or that it was just my stubby toes.

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He skins Walking Mushrooms with care, tosses their stubby feet into a hot pot with an eye for balance and umami.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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