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Chunky  adj.  Short and thick. (U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Chunky" Quotes from Famous Books



... jolly old vendeuse of Paris as it would be possible to find. A low, winey humor twinkled in her little black eyes, hidden in wrinkly wads of fat; her nose glowed with good feeling; her toothless mouth smirked good-naturedly. A worn shawl covered her chunky shoulders, and a cap like a muslin and flannel extinguisher protected her bald old head from the weather. The granddaughter, being young and rather pretty, was less interesting as a picture of a curious type. The shop occupied a corner, and seemed to literally overflow ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15, - No. 87, March, 1875 • Various

... legged it, leaving behind him one of the most chunky silences I have ever been mixed up in. For the life of me, I couldn't see who was to make the next remark. I was jolly certain that it ...
— Death At The Excelsior • P. G. Wodehouse

... think you'll see," he said, standing between Cake and the interior. There came to her a murmur over his chunky shoulder. ...
— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various



Words linked to "Chunky" :   short, low-set, lumpy, unshapely, dumpy



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