dumpy

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adj short and stout

adjective. fat, plump

adjective. stocky

adjective. pudgy

adjective. fat

"short and stout," 1750, apparently from some noun dump (cf. dumpling), but the connection is unclear.

He was a dumpy, puffy little Italian, and played the heavy father.

"I vote that we are all Tyrolese peasanths," lisped the fat and dumpy Mrs. Malone.

Tildy was dumpy, plain-faced, and too anxious to please to please.

One is tall and willowy, while the other is short and dumpy.

Keep cheerful, Miss Yardely, and don't let Stane get dumpy about the past.

This gives the boats a dumpy appearance, as they look as if they had been cut short.

They are dumpy little birds and do not look as large as their measurements.

He was small and dumpy and unhandsome, with the dead-white face of a man cook.

Why not be merciful and employ a dumpy lot for dumpy customers!

Dumpy growled at them, though he was frightened, but Fatty began to cry.