| 单词 | pluggy-faced |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspluggy-faced 1. Resembling a plug; (English regional (East Anglian)) spec. short, thick, sturdy (now rare). Also in †pluggy-faced adj. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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