...big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor.
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 — adj a big boned person is large without being fat … Dictionary of contemporary English
big-boned — adjective having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh • Similar to: ↑robust * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having the skeletal structure large and rugged in comparison to the fleshy parts : somewhat rawboned * * * … Useful english dictionary
big-boned — fat The phrase is used of children and adults, seeking to suggest that their frame needs the extra padding: ... in his beefy adolescence his mother had tactfully described him as big boned , though burly was how he now liked to see… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
big-boned — /big bohnd /, adj. having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh. [1600 10] * * * … Universalium
Boned — Boned, a. 1. Having (such) bones; used in composition; as, big boned; strong boned. [1913 Webster] No big boned men framed of the Cyclops size. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish. [1913 Webster] 3. Manured with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-boned — «bohnd», adjective. 1. having a certain kind of bones: »Healthy livestock is usually larger boned than the sickly animals. 2. with the bones removed: »boned fish ready to fry and eat. boned, combining form. 1. having a certain kind of bones: »Big … Useful english dictionary
Big — (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
big — adjective 1) a big building Syn: large, sizable, substantial, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, gar … Thesaurus of popular words
Big Show (wrestler) — The Big Show Big Show in Tribute to Troops 2010 Ring name(s) (The) Big Show[1][2] … Wikipedia
-boned — [[t] boʊnd[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED boned combines with adjectives such as big and fine to form adjectives which describe a person as having a particular type of bone structure or build. He was about seven years old, small and fine boned like his… … English dictionary
