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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

plumpkin en · NOUN

Etymology

From plump + -kin; the suffix is not normally productive, so likely formed under the influence of pumpkin.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, humorous) A fat person.
    • On one FA's answering machine, he says, “Have you complimented a plumpkin today?” 2019, Erich Goode, Deviant Behavior:

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