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Meanings of portly man in English

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Usage of portly man in English
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A portly man detached himself from the group and came toward me.
32 Caliber
2
The Elector Emeric Joseph, a handsome, portly man, looked well on horseback.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
3
Dr. Horace Selby was a large, portly man with an imposing presence.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
4
He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.
Wolf hall
5
The newcomer was a portly man of middle age dressed in ill-fitting black.
Merton of the Movies
6
She called an exterminator & a large and portly man appeared.
The new yorker
7
Your merchant then was a portly man and gave generously to the Gods.
The Lost Continent
8
Fort is on the short side, a portly man in oversized tortoiseshell glasses.
Broke, usa: from pawnshops to poverty, inc.—how the working poor...
9
Her husband was a portly man, dark-complexioned, and German in appearance.
His Heart's Queen
10
The foremost was a tall, portly man, whom the world would call handsome.
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
11
Tory watched as a portly man ascended the steps to the speaker's box.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
12
He was a portly man, and especially cultivated dignity of deportment.
The Young Musician; Or, Fighting His Way
13
Across it strode a portly man with a faded herald's coat.
Sir Nigel
14
Approaching them was a gray-haired portly man in khakis and a blue Windbreaker.
Murder most frothy
15
He was a pleasant, portly man of more than fifty years.
The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip / "Making Good" as Young Experts
16
The manager, a portly man with a florid complexion greeted us.
Quarter share: a trader's tale from the golden age of the solar ...
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Portly man through the time
Portly man across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common