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Roly-poly

adjective
1.
Short and plump.  Synonyms: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby.






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"Roly-poly" Quotes from Famous Books



... good-humour; the only thing at which he made a wry face was some soup into which a large lump of washing-soda had mysteriously conveyed itself; and I also had to undergo a good deal of "chaff" about my first omelette, which was of the size and consistency of a roly-poly pudding. Next to these failures I think the bread was my greatest misfortune; it went wrong from the first. One night I had prepared the tin dish full of flour, made a hole in the midst of the soft ...
— Station Life in New Zealand • Lady Barker

... out-of-sorts, she put away her letter, and started toward the house. Carver's mood was contagious, she said to herself. In Hannah's kitchen she found Mrs. Alec and little David, a roly-poly youngster of three who demanded too much attention for just one mother. Priscilla, seeing in David a sure antidote for introspection, offered to play the part of the necessary other mother, and took him out-of-doors, much to the relief of ...
— Virginia of Elk Creek Valley • Mary Ellen Chase

... several ways in which men can be homely, and Radbourne, of Radbourne & Company, had chosen the worst way of all. When you saw him you wanted to smile. He was little and roly-poly. His eyes were too small, their blue too light. His nose was acutely and ungracefully pug. His ears were too big and stood out from his head. His mouth was too wide. His hair and eyebrows were thick and red, too red, and his round chubby face was flanked by a pair of silky, ...
— The House of Toys • Henry Russell Miller



Words linked to "Roly-poly" :   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, U.K., rolypoliness, Britain, thin person, dumpy, United Kingdom, large person, fat, fat person, Great Britain, pudding, UK



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