noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fat person. colloquial, humorous

   "On one FA's answering machine, he says, “Have you complimented a plumpkin today?”"

Example

More examples

"On one FA's answering machine, he says, “Have you complimented a plumpkin today?”"

Etymology

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

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