roly-poly
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A distinctive style, star-studded voice cast and the winning Jack Black voicing Po, the roly-poly, dumpling-appreciating Dragon Warrior, is usually a recipe for success, or at least it has been.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The best one was Cara Hope hitting a tackle bag and then doing a roly-poly over the front.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023
David Byrne applies his quizzical-observer perspective in “The Fat Man’s Comin’,” a brief, brawny and elaborately arranged chamber-pop bolero about “a roly-poly man in the dark, he’s riding.”
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022
A potbellied, roly-poly teddy bear, grown to gargantuan size, is equal parts fierce and lovable.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022
He looked up and recognized the roly-poly man.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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