Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having unusually large shoulders.
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- adjective Having particularly
big orbroad shoulders .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having broad shoulders
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Examples
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Popular in the big-shouldered '80s, the double-breasted suit is mounting a comeback.
A More Suitable You Ray A. Smith 2011
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True, some designers went defiantly, exuberantly over the top — Marc Jacobs most obviously, with his nostalgic, big-shouldered encomium to the 1980s, when the great splurge had begun.
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It would be one of those cultural verbal tics that would be annoying, but it would come and then go away, like big-shouldered suits for women.
The mountain lion called. She wants her name back. « Dating Jesus 2009
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True, some designers went defiantly, exuberantly over the top — Marc Jacobs most obviously, with his nostalgic, big-shouldered encomium to the 1980s, when the great splurge had begun.
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True, some designers went defiantly, exuberantly over the top — Marc Jacobs most obviously, with his nostalgic, big-shouldered encomium to the 1980s, when the great splurge had begun.
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It would be one of those cultural verbal tics that would be annoying, but it would come and then go away, like big-shouldered suits for women.
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The four year old stayed close to his father's legs, intimidated by the big-shouldered men with neck muscles that began flaring just below their ears.
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He is a short, big-shouldered man, as wide as he is tall.
The City of Lights 2010
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Ezra called them “the twins” somewhat sardonically, given that Leo was big-shouldered and dark and over six feet tall.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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As for Bullock, she rises to the challenge of her role with big-shouldered, brassy aplomb, clearly relishing the chance to flex her muscles and demonstrate her true dramatic weight.
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