Meaning of fat lady | Babel Free

Definitions

A woman of unusually large body size formerly exhibited as a circus sideshow attraction.

dated, offensive

Examples

“Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.”

CEFR level