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Meanings of superfluous flesh in English

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Usage of superfluous flesh in English
1
There was not a single ounce of superfluous flesh on Frank Merriwell.
Frank Merriwell's Races
2
He turned that gaunt face, pared of all superfluous flesh, to her.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
3
After all superfluous flesh is gone what is left is stringy and resistant.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
4
There was not an ounce of superfluous flesh on him anywhere.
Missing
5
She had not a scrap of superfluous flesh on her body.
A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
6
There was no superfluous flesh about him, and his sinews were like cord.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
7
But he gets along tolerably, complains some, and has not much superfluous flesh.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
8
I am like a hunter in fine condition, no superfluous flesh, ready for action.
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
9
Not one of the beasts at present appears to possess an ounce of superfluous flesh.
Army Life in a Black Regiment
10
I not only have to carry my load but about twenty-five pounds of superfluous flesh.
Bob Hunt in Canada
11
But he has not an ounce of superfluous flesh.
Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
12
His form, equally tall, was slighter, not hampered with superfluous flesh, not so aggressively erect.
The Hallam Succession
13
There was not an ounce of superfluous flesh under the curiously clerical garments he lived in.
The Man in the Twilight
14
Not an ounce of superfluous flesh upon him.
Adrift in the Wilds; Or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys
15
Each had taken on weight slightly, though there was no superfluous flesh on any of the six.
The High School Boys' Training Hike
16
How can you expect the Flame of the Spirit to burn brightly under layers of superfluous flesh?
In a German Pension
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