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girth

[gurth] / gɜrθ /
NOUN
measurement around the waist
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NOUN
a band
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But he makes up for in vehemence what he lacks in girth.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Yet he seems to have developed this superiority as much through charisma and kindness as from sheer girth.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

This poor lone cedar of 18 ½ meters girth and over 50 meters high had all but been forgotten.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

He had the thrilling job of measuring the first shark’s length and girth.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

It was a bit like Frankenstein’s monster, except that it was my mother’s monster, and I’d been the lucky recipient of its great girth.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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