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girth

[gurth] / gɜrθ /
NOUN
measurement around the waist
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NOUN
a band
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Here, rampaging around in heavy pelts that double their girth, they’re clearly having a blast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

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

The dress she wore was a voluminous melange of floral patterns that did much to accentuate the impressive girth of the wearer.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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