squaddyadj.
Now dialect and U.S.
Short and thick-set: squat, squab.
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short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
1593 B. Rich Greenes Newes sig. G3v He was a fatte squaddy Monke, that had beene well fedde in some Cloyster.
1845 S. Smith May-day in N.Y. i. 34 I hadn't hardly got sot down..before I heard a knock at the door; and..in come a great, stout, fat, squaddy woman.
a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 48 Squaddy, squoddy; short of stature, and sturdy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1593