buxom

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It had everything: mythical beasts, witches, wizards, talking cats, buxom trees, drunk skeletons – and all of it underscored by the dulcet harmonies of '70s light rock darlings, America.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022

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

Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” died Jan. 1 in Baton Rouge.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2015

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