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Meaning of fat lady | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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