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Meanings of stout in английском
Synonyms
Examples for "portly"
Examples for "portly"
1
The portly charlady who rules despotically in my chambers is an example.
2
Behind it were sitting eleven respectable and portly gentlemen in black coats.
3
A portly fellow creeps towards it, then waits outside in agonised hesitation.
4
The portly gatekeeper smiled pleasantly as he stood looking after his master.
5
Fainter, however, grew the footsteps, and at length the portly figure disappeared.
Usage of stout in английском
1
Feel free to replace the water with stout in the recipe below.
2
Some people like to cook it in stout, or others use water.
3
He didn't do a good stride; he was too stout for that.
4
American stout is the American take on the foreign extra stout style.
5
The sail swung around until caught in position by the stout line.
6
Newt saw that both the men arguing were short and rather stout.
7
They were stout men; and somewhat above the common size of Europeans.
8
Geary nodded, having encountered the stout master chief a number of times.
9
The stout deacon is dead; his wig and his wickedness rest together.
10
Assuredly there must have been stout souls in Boston in those days.
11
A stout, capacious rowboat followed immediately in the wake of the canoe.
12
He had tickled the stout ribs of every bobby in the place.
13
There were in the cave a number of stout and woolly rams.
14
The stout man looked at the other in a very odd way.
15
Again the stout sergentmovedtowardLanyard;againMadameOmberstopped him.
16
But they were all handsome men; stout, gallant, and ready in speech.
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Stout through the time
Stout across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common