pluggyadj.
/ˈplʌɡi/, U.S. /ˈpləɡi/ 1. Resembling a plug; (English regional (East Anglian)) spec. short, thick, sturdy (now rare). Also in †pluggy-faced adj.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 351 And there'll be low lipper Betty, and pluggy-fac'd Wat of the Mill.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Pluggy, short, thick, sturdy.
1861 A. Strickland Old Friends 2nd Ser. ii. 33 Betty, Molly, and the cook..united..in describing Martin..as ‘a short, pluggy (thick) man, with a pug nose’.
1979 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 23 Sept. q4 There are several variations of hair-transplant techniques that can reduce the pluggy, or corn-row, look.
1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) ii. 45 She had much disliked a year spent cleaning clams on the gutting floor, the clattering shells and pluggy, featureless creatures.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > of stiff consistency
stiffc1430
pluggy1892
1892 H. G. Hutchinson Fairway Island 8 The crumbly ploughed land did not hold the clean impression as the pluggy clay had done.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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