podgy
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In September, a pygmy hippo in Thailand called Moo Deng went viral and was featured in a series of memes due to her frame and podgy proportions.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
This particular hippo's miniature frame and podgy proportions have inspired a fervent following online.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024
THE opening of South Africa’s parliament is always a glitzy affair: podgy politicians strut before the cameras in local garb, ball-gowns and slick suits.
From Economist ● Aug. 28, 2014
Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters The faces staring out from the prints covering the wall of a tiny museum in Tokyo are uniformly podgy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2010
The man with the twisted face pointed and his closest companion, a podgy, pallid man, started forward, but a moment later they had relaxed into their previous state of inactivity, looking frustrated and disappointed.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
In the clothes he wore now he looked podgier than ever, and his round spectacles gave his round face the look of a prim cherub.
From The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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