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Meanings of sonsy in anglès

(Of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves.

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      Usage of sonsy in anglès
      1
      Old Mr. Loutit and lame Jimmy Flett each secures a sonsy partner.
      The New North
      2
      Mrs. Lynde was behind her, sonsy, kindly, matronly, as of yore.
      Anne of the Island
      3
      She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes.
      Further Chronicles of Avonlea
      4
      A change came over her sonsy, smiling face.
      Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
      5
      Judging from her round, sonsy, rosy face, you never could have imagined her to have been mad.
      Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
      6
      John studied her face for a moment It was a sonsy and simple face, and her eyes were not unkindly.
      John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars...
      7
      Her sonsy face flushed.
      Rilla of Ingleside
      8
      Still these sonsy Scots kept a good heart and were able to jest at their misfortunes with the grim humour that belongs to their race.
      The New North
      9
      'I am just a sonsy Ayrshire lass and have come on my feet and not on wings.
      The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
      Frequent collocations
      Sonsy through the time