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matronly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
matronly
ma‧tron‧ly
/
ˈmeɪtrənli
/
adjective
WOMAN
used to
describe
a woman who is fairly
fat
and no longer young – to
avoid
saying this directly
a matronly woman of 50
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