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What does big-boned mean?

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Adjective
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: Having large bones.
  2. (humorous) Fat, obese.
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This strong-sinewed, big-boned, unpoetical King has been the hardest nut ever republicanism had to crack!
A big-boned and racy Languedoc Syrah, it has a warm perfumed nose that hints of heather and dried spices.
He was big-boned and deep-chested, and had nervous as well as muscular strength.
He is a physically imposing man, tall and big-boned, who looks as earnest and stern as a Presbyterian minister.
He was a big-boned man of perhaps sixty, with a thick black moustache and a head of curly Mediterranean hair.
The overwhelming feel here is of a big-boned, but savoury southern Rhone wine.

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