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Plumpness being a sign of wealth in those times, it makes sense.
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Plumpness seems to have been the principal attraction of sex, and the Kama Shastra version goes so far as to assure us that
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And once, when an Exalted Plumpness at one of the most lordly of the garment salons had insistently poohed her description of the wardrobe she must have with counterpronouncements in accents of the purest Fifty-seventh Street French, she called up Tony, then held the phone out to Monsieur.
The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990
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Plumpness is essential to beauty, especially in mothers, because in them the abdomen necessarily expands, and would afterwards collapse and become wrinkled.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Plumpness of the kernels is reflected in the total weight of kernels and does not need to be considered separately.
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Plumpness is another characteristic which we all understand as far as the difference between a nut with a plump well filled kernel is concerned, and one with a shriveled up kernel, but when it comes to arranging the kernels of a lot of nuts in order of their plumpness, the one who tries to do it becomes ready to give up before he really gets started.
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_Plumpness_ -- The kernel should fill the shell and must be smooth, externally, with solid meat of fine and uniform texture, free from internal cavities and with high relative weight of kernel to shell.
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Plumpness seems to have been the principal attraction of sex, and the Kama Shastra version goes so far as to assure us that a woman who had a double chin, [FN#593] was irresistible.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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Plumpness was the bane and terror of Camilla's life.
Ailsa Paige 1899
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Plumpness seems to have been the principal attraction of sex, and the Kama Shastra version goes so far as to assure us that a woman who had a double chin, [FN#593] was irresistible.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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