full-figured
Americanadjective
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“We have the opportunity to deal with people of all shapes and sizes,” Gatcheco said as she reminisced about a full-figured actor who cried when Gatcheco designed a dress that flattered her body type.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021
The likeness Rachel sculpts is full-figured; she feels tricked and storms out, albeit absconding with the clay figure, which she comes to regard as her personal golem.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021
For a while, she specialized in clothes for full-figured customers, including a man with a 70-inch waist.
From Washington Post • May 23, 2016
Set in 1960s Baltimore, the show concerns the full-figured Tracy Turnblad whose fondest wish is to appear on a local television dance program.
From US News • Apr. 27, 2016
Recently, she’d also launched her own wildly successful clothing line for full-figured female avatars, under the label Art3Miss.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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