big boned

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big boned (comparative more big boned, superlative most big boned)

  1. Alternative form of big-boned
    • 1801, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review:
      The Bakewell cattle and sheep have not the heavy appearances of the clumsy, big boned, and flat-sided beasts preferred by retailers of meat []