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Plump, in Portsmouth
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fubsy
Word definitions for fubsy in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context British English) short and stout; low and wide
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fubby \Fub"by\, Fubsy \Fub"sy\a. Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa. [Eng.] A fubsy, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. --Mme. D'Arblay.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"squat and fat," 1780, from fub / fubs "small, chubby person" (1610s), which also was used as a term of endearment.