Buirdly

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky. Scotland

    "So John Muir was brought in from his seat in the lorry, he was big and cheery and buirdly, John Muir, a roadman of Segget [...]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    muscular and heavily built wordnet

Synonyms

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beefybuilt like a brick shithouseburlydicedhuskystocky

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"So John Muir was brought in from his seat in the lorry, he was big and cheery and buirdly, John Muir, a roadman of Segget [...]."

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots buirdly, alteration of earlier buirly (“burly”), of uncertain origin.

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