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dumpy         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
¦ adjective (dumpier, dumpiest) short and stout.
Derivatives
dumpily adverb
dumpiness noun
Origin
C18: from dumpling + -y1.
dumpy         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
a.
Short and thick (in person), squat.
Dumpy         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
·superl Sullen or discontented.
II. Dumpy ·superl Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

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Dumpy
Examples of use of dumpy
1. Even the mayor of Goodrich describes his town as dumpy.
2. I once regarded Matthew d‘Ancona as the slightly dumpy deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph.
3. Typically English men and women – dumpy, sweating, middle–aged – bestride a typically English scene.
4. In the mirror you see a dumpy frump in an ill–fitting skirt.
5. Comedian Jenny Eclair says CHAV: Is she the new Jackie O, or just another dumpy little girl who got lucky?