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Tubby   /tˈəbi/   Listen
Tubby

adjective
1.
Short and plump.  Synonyms: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly.






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"Tubby" Quotes from Famous Books



... the end!" Sir Mallaby suspended conversation while he addressed an imaginary ball with the mashie which he had taken out of his golf-bag. For this was the day when he went down to Walton Heath for his weekly foursome with three old friends. His tubby form was clad in tweed of a violent nature, with knickerbockers ...
— The Girl on the Boat • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... uniform with a little gold and a white helmet, an uncommonly becoming dress though so simple; the Princess in the palest pink with a suggestion of darker pink showing through, and a deep rose between hat and hair. A tubby native in frock coat and brown face and little pink turban held a mushroom golden umbrella near the Prince and Princess, not over them, it really was not needed for there were clouds, and the light was just ...
— From Edinburgh to India & Burmah • William G. Burn Murdoch



Words linked to "Tubby" :   fat, tubbiness, roly-poly, dumpy, podgy



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