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tubby
/ˈtʌbi/
adj 3noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
later, little
VERB + TUBBY
made
TUBBY + NOUN
indian, postman, violin
PREP.
with, with
Definitions
adj
1
stout, rotund
Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.
The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.
2
Resembling a tub
3
sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
a tubby violin
noun
1
An overweight person.
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Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.
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The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.
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a tubby violin
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My ex-wife started a new life with the tubby postman.
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