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noun 
  1. plumpness, Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
    • :The beautiful woman threw off her sabletrimmed wrap, displaying her queenly shoulders and heaving .
adjective 
  1. plump, Plump, chubby, buxom.
Etymology: From en bonne pointFrench, point, literally "in good condition".

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