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pudge

British  
/ pʌdʒ /

noun

  1. informal a variant of podge

"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

Etymology

Origin of pudge

C19: of uncertain origin; see pudgy

Example Sentences

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It was a shame, Manny thought, because he had the body type, tall and broad, somewhere under his pale pudge and bad posture.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2023

Viewers from around the world tune in through live cameras placed around the river to watch the hungry bears accumulate a "preponderance of pudge", say the organisers.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2022

But I do have a few advantages: good upper body strength from years of cross-country skiing and not too much middle-aged pudge.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2022

So springtime they're on the prowl and feeling frisky, but by end-of-summer, they've all but resigned to acquiring some extra winter pudge.

From Salon Nov. 15, 2021

“De c’unel dat stubbo’n I jes’ have to talk mighty plain ’fore I could make him pudge erlong,” proudly whispered the servant as he passed me.

From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.

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