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The tubbiness of the Schlub gives him an air of comfy trustworthiness, which, as Shakespeare so eloquently noted, trimmer men always lack:

From Slate • May 27, 2016

He went out and got himself some German-looking glasses, shed all the tubbiness he had gained and basked in the glow of front-runner.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2015

He's man-of-the-people in excelsis, foregrounding his own tubbiness, laziness and lack of pretension.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.

From Newsweek • Nov. 10, 2012

Its long skirts accentuated the tubbiness of his body, the shortness of his legs.

From In the Days of the Comet by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)