What does big-boned mean?

big-boned

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Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

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adj

Humorous

"[…] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor."
"Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet."

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