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fat lady en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (dated, offensive) A woman of unusually large body size formerly exhibited as a circus sideshow attraction.
    • Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously. 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26:

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