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well-padded

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adjective

  1. (well padded when postpositive) (of a person) corpulent; portly; fat

"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

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The dash console sits well forward of the well-padded front seats, creating an airy space in which to while away the miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Schmidt-Böcking drives me north in Frankfurt to one of the university’s campuses, where he keeps the artifacts inside well-padded boxes in his office.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 8, 2022

A well-thrown ball is caught in a well-padded mitt.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Even with his most important security and surest weapon, Witten, acting largely as a well-padded decoy.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2012

He did them sitting down, bumping from step to step on his well-padded bottom.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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