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buxom

[buhk-suhm] / ˈbʌk səm /


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Spanish novelist Cervantes tells of gaunt, aging and bemused Don Quixote, portly Sancho and buxom Dulcinea.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2020

And there is action aplenty, including John Keene’s busy all-male chorus — some of whom are dressed as buxom, bearded servant women to great effect.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2019

By 1922, Strand was married to the beautiful, buxom, boisterous Rebecca — “Beck” — a daughter of Rachel Samuels, a Jewish opera singer, and Nate Salsbury, Buffalo Bill Cody’s partner in the Wild West show.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2019

By the chapter’s close, with a newly minted identity as a buxom transgender woman, the story of Tish is working out happily.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2018

Under her loose scrutiny I grew more buxom, and my brown skin smoothed and tight-pored, like pancakes fried on an unoiled skillet.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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