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Fatness Bagstock, Major corpulent army officer. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] amusing and opinionated scientist of notable rotundity. [Br. Lit.: The Lost World] (1928– ) popular singer of the 1950s, nicknamed for his size and shape. [Am. Music: Misc.] loves to eat; represents the Fattipuffs. [Children’s Lit.: Fattipuffs and Thinifers, Fisher, 100–101] obese Moabite king; sword engulfed by adiposity. [O.T.: Judges 3:17–22] “that swoln parcel of dropsies.” [Br. Drama: Benét, 339] obese subject of song by Gene DePaul and Don Raye (1942). [Am. Pop. Music: Kinkle, 1, 379.] (1916– ) heavyweight TV comedian. [TV: “The Jackie Gleason Show,” “The Honeymooners” in Terrace, I, 402]
“egg” in Mother Goose who, among other things, alludes to fatness. [Children’s Lit.: Mother Goose] sole employment consists in alternately eating and sleeping. [Br. Lit.: Pickwick Papers] “large, corpulent, oily men.” [Am. Lit.: “Hop-Frog” in Portable Poe, 317–329] large gentleman with “a very round red face.” [Br. Lit.: Oliver Twist] (Rudolph Walter Wanderone, Jr., 1903–) world champion billiard player easily recognized by his fleshy physique. [Am. Sports: Misc.] “eat more victuals than threescore men.” [Nurs. Rhyme: Baring-Gould, 33] obese visitor at Bath. [Br. Lit.: Pickwick Papers] two little fat men who quickly get out-of-breath. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass] detective whose obesity makes him reluctant to leave his office. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 119] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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his Exalted Fatness remonstrated, as the Professor led him away. In the face of that perfect skin, his very fatness and mature, rotund paunch could be nothing other than normal. I pray you let the drama halt while Chorus stalks to the footlights and drops an epicedian tear upon the fatness of Mr. |
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