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prettygoodwordfubsy - adj., short and stout.
British dialect, usually (but not necessarily) applied to a person. Dates from around 1780, derived from an obsolete noun fubs, a chubby person (or, possibly, a plump child), at which point dictionaries get annoying and stop.
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British dialect, usually (but not necessarily) applied to a person. Dates from around 1780, derived from an obsolete noun fubs, a chubby person (or, possibly, a plump child), at which point dictionaries get annoying and stop.
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Date: 2008-12-31 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-31 03:33 pm (UTC)---L.