plumpish
Americanadjective
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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
From its round rump a plumpish neck narrows toward a tiny head; from above a sparse mustache, a pair of trusting eyes peer myopically but ingratiatingly at the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was plumpish and fresh: very red lips and very bright eyes, reddish-brown, the colour of blackberry leaves in autumn, with hair to match.
From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John
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