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Examples
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And she drew nigh, and greeted Birdalone kindly, and she also was a very beauteous woman; not great of body, whereas Aurea was tall and big-made, though excellently shapen.
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Beside him sat a woman, tall and big-made, but very fair of face, though she were little younger, belike, than the man.
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He was a very big-made man, most stalwarth, with dark red hair and a thin pointed beard; his nose was straight and fine, his eyes grey and well-opened, but somewhat fierce withal.
The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865
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Beside him sat a woman, tall and big-made, but very fair of face, though she were little younger, belike, than the man.
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris 1865
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I remember Finney answered the auctioneer that I should be sure to grow a big-made man, and bade him, if he doubted his judgment, examine my feet, which were large, and proved that I would be strong and stout some day.
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