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stodgy Adjective [stodgier, stodgiest] 1. (of food) full of starch and very filling 2. (of a person) dull, serious, or excessively formal [from stodge] stodginess n
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You never exactly knew whether there would be a real meal or just a make-believe, it all depended upon Peter's whim: he could eat, really eat, if it was part of a game, but he could not stodge [cram down the food] just to feel stodgy [stuffed with food], which is what most children like better than anything else; the next best thing being to talk about it. The velocity that stodgy man developed in the interests of a complete stranger earned my warm gratitude--there was something truly cordial in his exertions. |
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