plumpish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- plumpishly adverb
Etymology
Origin of plumpish
Example Sentences
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In his teens he was a plumpish fraternity president and cheerleader who played in a country and western trio.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2012
She was six, a bossy little person, slightly on the plumpish side, with carefully braided and brightly beaded cornrows hanging down across her eyes.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2012
Ralph Pucci, a maker of abstracts, produced a plumpish mannequin a while back, but sold hardly any.
From New York Times • May 5, 2010
"Americans have the greatest amount of confusion and wealth in the world," says Chogyam, a short, plumpish man who giggles frequently and peers over his glasses with benign amusement.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small, plumpish woman of forty, with peaked nose, black eyes, and but two upper teeth, confronted me.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
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