lardy
like or consisting of lard: lardy pastry.
fat or becoming fat: a diet designed for the lardy figure.
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How to use lardy in a sentence
But if a ploughboy could get a new, warm lardy-cake, fresh from the oven, he thought himself blessed.
Amaryllis at the Fair | Richard JefferiesWe agreed that Mr. Lanoline's a notty, notty man, and hasn't no business to go on the lardy-da.
Howards End | E. M. ForsterWhen the dainty shadings of taste are over-shadowed by a "lardy" flavor, the true taste of the food itself is lost.
The Story of Crisco | Marion Harris NeilThe dining-room was very warm, and there came a smell of lardy things from the kitchen.
Roast Beef, Medium | Edna FerberCarn't grow any, not arter thirty, the bladder-o'-lardy-dar scares!
British Dictionary definitions for lardy
/ (ˈlɑːdɪ) /
fat; obese
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