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paunchy

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paunch·y  (pônch, pän-)
adj. paunch·i·er, paunch·i·est
Having a potbelly.
paunchi·ness n.
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Adj.1.paunchypaunchy - having a large belly
abdominous, potbellied
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
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He was probably some ten years younger, and was a plump, paunchy, sturdy-looking fellow, with his under-lip a little pursed, from a habit of counting money inwardly as he paid it, but with no decidedly bad expression in his face, which was rather an honest and jolly one than otherwise.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
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