stubby

He wore black turtlenecks, short-sleeved because it was summer, and kept a stubby, utterly earnest ponytail.

“Do you mind if I take some notes?” he asked, and removed a stubby pencil from his coat pocket.

The way American newspapers caricatured his portly build and bald head, portraying him like some stubby supervillain sprung from the pages of one of their ludicrous comic books.

These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.

As I pull yet another stubby naked fork from the dishwasher, unsheathed from its housing by the sani-heat, I recognize the clock is ticking.