Chunkster

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fat person. slang

    "Ordinary people do not leap at the opportunity to be cast as chunksters so fat they cannot even fit through a door. Ordinary people do not leap at the opportunity to deliver lines like, “I know what I am, Lieutenant. I'm a pig. I'm a wild beast.”"

Example

More examples

"Ordinary people do not leap at the opportunity to be cast as chunksters so fat they cannot even fit through a door. Ordinary people do not leap at the opportunity to deliver lines like, “I know what I am, Lieutenant. I'm a pig. I'm a wild beast.”"

Etymology

From chunk + -ster; compare chunky.

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