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Plumping

adjective

Very large; of exceptional size for its kind.

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"Plumping" Quotes from Famous Books

... while things were being packed for the western ranch, Mrs. Wheeler, going to the foot of the ladder to call Mahailey, narrowly escaped being knocked down by a large feather bed which came plumping through the trap door. A moment later Mahailey herself descended backwards, holding to the rungs with one hand, and in the other arm carrying ...

— One of Ours • Willa Cather

... down the teapot, which she had been about to fill, and caught up one of the cushions, plumping its softness together with ...

— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres

... cried, plumping on his knees. "Seraphina! Do you permit me? have you divined my secret? It is true—I put my life with joy into your power—I love you, love with ardour, as an equal, as a mistress, as a brother-in-arms, as an adored, desired, sweet-hearted woman. O Bride!" he cried, waxing dithyrambic, ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Plumping" : big, large