fat-cheeked

They had looked out on the multitudes and imagined them transformed—urchins into freshly scrubbed, fat-cheeked, well-meaning boys; violent drunks into trustworthy, clear-eyed, and industrious men; women who had been widowed by the saloon would find themselves at the helm of a pacific domesticity, with chickens in their pots and clean, good clothes for everyone.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

They had looked out on the multitudes and imagined them transformed—urchins into freshly scrubbed, fat-cheeked, well-meaning boys; violent drunks into trustworthy, clear-eyed, and industrious men; women who had been widowed by the saloon would find themselves at the helm of a pacific domesticity, with chickens in their pots and clean, good clothes for everyone.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

Won Kim approaches them, hesitantly, and sees the fat-cheeked boy, a glossy replica of him: the same bulging eyes and wedge of nose, the same round, bald, fragile skull.

The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010

God will punish the barbarians, promises the fat-cheeked Cristina, if not in this life then the next you must believe this or perish in doubt may the Lord bless you dearest Sister.

The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010

He sat squeezed behind a table, a heavy, fat-cheeked man with a black little cigar stuck in the corner of his mouth.

Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010

They had looked out on the multitudes and imagined them transformed—urchins into freshly scrubbed, fat-cheeked, well-meaning boys; violent drunks into trustworthy, clear-eyed, and industrious men; women who had been widowed by the saloon would find themselves at the helm of a pacific domesticity, with chickens in their pots and clean, good clothes for everyone.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

Perhaps some Galla escaped the massacre; I can only repeat what she said after I had filled her cup with tej, and she had gulped it down, wiped her lips with the tail of her turban, and smiled her fat-cheeked saucy smile.

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

Short and fat-cheeked, with something that looks like mud in her hair and makes it stick to one side of her face.

Breath DONNA JO NAPOLI 2003

Short and fat-cheeked, with something that looks like mud in her hair and makes it stick to one side of her face.

Breath DONNA JO NAPOLI 2003

I remembered a fight after which my mother grudgingly bought me fat-cheeked, blotchy Midge.

The Barbie Chronicles Yona Zeldis McDonough 1999