stoutish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stoutish
Example Sentences
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Hour later, mystified newshawks were called into an office in New Orleans' Post Office building, recognized instantly a blackhaired, stoutish figure sitting behind a flat-topped desk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bernanos is now 54, stoutish, heavy-shouldered, with a grey mustache and grey hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Short, stoutish Mr. Gravell says he is "about 60."
From Time Magazine Archive
Next Captain Anderson found a stoutish, red-faced, blond-haired man named Walter Andreas Hofer.
From Time Magazine Archive
A bald, stoutish white man went into the store and pulled off his coat.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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