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Meanings of sonsy in English

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

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Usage of sonsy in English
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