dubbyadj.
/ˈdʌbi/ colloquial and dialect.
Blunt; short, dumpy.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 35 Dub, dubbed, dubby,..blunt; not pointed; squat.
1872 F. W. Robinson Wrayford's Ward III. 208 A nose that young ladies, I believe, call ‘dubby’.
1904 E. T. Fowler & A. L. Felkin Kate of Kate Hall xxiii A dubby piece of blacklead that couldn't write two consecutive words.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1825