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chunky, a. orig. U.S. colloq.|ˈtʃʌŋkɪ|
[f. chunk n.1 + -y1.]
a. Of broad stout build; thickset, ‘stumpy’.
1751Pennsylv. Gaz. in N. Jersey Archives (1897) XIX. 95 A short, chunky, well set fellow. 1757Pennsylv. Gaz. 29 Sept. 3/3 A short thick chunky Girl. 1840W. G. Simms Border Beagles 303 The stranger was a chunky little imp, not more than four feet high. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xii. 124 Their chief..a short chunky fellow. 1884Century Mag. Jan. 370/2 The chunky Dutch pilot. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xx. 220 These solid, chunky kids are only selling platers, at the best.
b. Of animals and things.
1833J. Hall Leg. West 12 (Th.), Dennie..criticising an advertisement of a man who had stolen ‘a chunky horse’. 1899A. T. Slosson in Harper's Mag. Dec. 146/2 Pely's little chunky, leather cover Bible. 1924J. A. Thomson Science Old & New ii. 11 The North American mountain beaver..is..a short-tailed, blunt-snouted, chunky creature. 1959Vogue Oct. 115 Chunky cardigans. Ibid. 180 Sweaters emphasizing the heavy-knits ease of silhouette and chunky warmth.
Hence chunkiness.
1879Daily News 8 Jan. 4/7 Toughness, chunkiness, and of course ‘pluck’, not girlish beauty, not hair of gold and eyes that mock the violet, are the charms of Mrs. Anderson. |