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Girthy

(Adjective)

Definition: Thick and bulky or heavy; (of a person) heavily built or overweight.

Examples: “Remember the girthy redwood tree, close to our home in the old days?” “Did you see those girthy rhinos over there?”

“Taking only steroid and no healthy food will make you look only girthy!”

“I wonder what made Mark quite girthy in such a young age!”

Published in Dawn, Young World April 15th, 2017

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