footballish

Definitions

Having the physical characteristics associated with an American football player; being large and muscular.

not-comparable

Examples

“Don Torrey gives the picture originally of a shaggy-headed footballish fellow making a slave of the old piano.”

“He was a big handsome footballish guy who quoted love⟳ poems by Kipling and these poems were not at all like⟳ other poems, such as Hiawatha and The Cremation of Sam McGee and Casey at the Bat and Little Orphant Annie.”

“Debating the point⟳ was the fraternity's chief sadist, the aforementioned “Kluman the Obnoxious,” Kluman of the bulging malevolent black eyes, swarthy scowl, dark bass voice, and footballish build⟳ and disposition.”

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