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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

You fool," he heard himself yelling at Moore, who in the insecurity of his tubbiness was jarred and almost overturned, "you're robbing them of their country.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice