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In some senses, big-boned is marked as euphemistic, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.
big-boned
adj 2
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3ADJ.
fat
BIG-BONED + NOUN
media, strode, womenfolk
ADV.
away
Definitions
adj
1
Of a person or animal: large but not obese.
[…] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor.
2
Fat, obese.
Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet.
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[…] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor.
Wiktionary02
Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet.
Wiktionary03
You're not fat. You're big-boned.
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