poofy

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Those poofy, quilted lavender jackets are for sissies.

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  • Sophia Loren was right in front of me -- she's a foot taller than I am, not counting the poofy hair. —  Isabel Allende tells tales of passion
  • Shop after shop, poofy, frilly dresses take over nearly every window on the street.
  • The biggest mistake was not listening to Tim Gunn when he pointed out that the skirt was too poofy, though. —  TV Squad
  • Of course they baked up all poofy, so we cut the bumps off of the tops so that they would lay flat when it came time to decorate them. —  Weddingbee
  • I was disappointed in the film because Robert Pattinson is such a hunk, all he did not need the poofy hairdo, just the way it "comes out of the box" would have been perfect. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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