plumper

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  1. One of a pair of balls or rounded masses of some light material kept in the mouth to give the cheeks a rounded appearance. And that the cheeks may both agree, Their plumpers fill the cavity. The London Ladies Dressing Room. (Nares.) Now dext'rously her plumpers draws, That serve to fill her hollow jaws. Swift, A Beautiful Young Nymph.
  2. One who votes for a single candidate in an election, when he has a right to vote for more than one; also, the vote (sometimes the total number of votes collectively) which one thus gives to a single candidate. See plump, v. i.,2. [Great Britain.] Mr. Brooke's success must depend either on plumpers, which would leave Bagster in the rear, or on the new minting of Tory votes into reforming votes. George Eliot, Middlemarch, li.
  3. An unqualified lie; a downright falsehood; a “corker.” [Colloquial]
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  • The journalist looked smaller, plumper, between his two bodyguards. —  MAIGRET and the Yellow Dog - Georges Simenon - 06
  • They'll ally themselves with whatever power rules the pass And the map says nothing of its nature Only that we should be wary There came a noise from behind them and Elric turned, expecting a threat, but it was only Whiskers, looking a little plumper, a little sleeker, but back to his normal size, who had at last caught up with them. —  And when Elric had told his three lies to Cymoril, his betrothed, and had set his ambitious cousin Yyrkoon as Regent on the Ru
  • Then a double take showed me that this one was several years older and a little plumper, but otherwise she could have been a duplicate. —  The Black Mountain
  • She was shorter, plumper, and a little grayer than the women he was usually drawn to, but he thought he might make an exception for her... especially if Carolyn wasn't nice to him on this trip. —  Lunatics
  • That's less than a good plumper or garbage man makes. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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