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podge

British  
/ pɒdʒ, pʌdʒ /

noun

  1. informal a short chubby person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That is very hard to not play into… I have a bit of podge I am trying to get rid of, but it’s hard.

From The Guardian Dec. 16, 2017

I was willing to prepare a hodge podge of eggs, french toast, pancakes, etc.

From New York Times Sep. 21, 2015

Sprawling China presented to the world last week a grim picture in hodge podge.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if he just kept standing here like a podge, he’d give away their escape route, and they’d all be doomed.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Here she looked disgusted, but added with a honeyed smile, "Then bimeby drank some o' little bear's podge, and 'twas so sweet he drank it aw—all up!"

From Dotty Dimple Out West by May, Sophie

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