Meaning of bosomy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Full of sheltered hollows or recesses.
2. Having a large bosom.

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Examples

“[…] I beheld, in momentary sun, / One of thy hills gleam bright and bosomy, / Just like⟳ that orb of orbs, a human one, / Let⟳ forth by chance upon a lover's eye.”

“For thee 'tis ill; / Although thou know'st it not. Thou ne'er shall see⟳ / The bosomy sail⟳ that brings thee safety here. / We are not idiots, comrades!”

“[E]merging from the bosomy woods about New Miller Dam, on the left, and tending towards the same point⟳, ran that luxuriant and open⟳ tract of country including the lands of Woolley and Milthorpe, then all waving with a ripe and glorious harvest⟳: […]”

“The essence of a tandem team is surely that it should be well balanced, sporting in appearance and that the horses themselves should at all events convey the impression of being able to do a long stage⟳ with ease and comfort. Now there can be nothing "sporting" about a beefy, bosomy, bad-shouldered tandem leader, who picks his fore feet up as high as he can, hangs them down again with a straight thrust on the ground, but a very little distance in advance of the spot from which he took them up.”

“Who invented your library? […] I've toned it up with a lot of those "stage⟳ favourites" magazines. You know⟳ the kind—"Mary Mush as Magdalene," and all that bosomy sort⟳ of stuff; warm, but not incendiary.”

“I wasn't your typical breast-augmentation candidate, if there is such a thing. […] First I helped myself … went through all the do-it-yourself (bobby socks, cotton, little balloons filled with water—one broke one day and talk⟳ about slushy!) augmenting. Most of the time the augmenting did help⟳ … one looked bosomier, lusher.”

“German girls also featured prominently in [the Daily Mirror editor Neil] Withcomb's coverage, as they were the "bosomiest" in Europe: "average bra size for fraulein is 36 to 38, against 34 to 36 for young British girls. Bra shapes are different, too!"”

“For the most part, [Hugh] Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess⟳ I know⟳ what I like⟳," he once said when asked about his preferences.”

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