well-padded

adjective

Fat, corpulent, pudgy.

Meanings

adjectivewell-padded (comparative more well-padded, superlative most well-padded)

comparative more well-padded · superlative most well-padded

  1. euphemisticFat, corpulent, pudgy.

    A graduate of the University of Houston's Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, the well-padded Raulston, nicknamed Fat Cook by the rigs' crews, makes these changes subtly and slowly.

    1986 April 13, Mimi Sheraton, “In the Gulf: a Robust Cuisine”, in Time
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    But the majority of its members were very much alive and still well-padded; and, far from being on a pale diet, were deeply appreciative of the famous culinary resources of the chef, and showed it.

    1921, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, chapter 2, in The Sisters-In-Law
  2. figurativelyWealthy, well-to-do.

    It was the fall of 1995, and the Democratic National Committee had a problem. Faced with the cost of its massive early media strategy, it needed a quick $1 million or so. A senior White House official had a solution: get the President to call some well-padded contributors.

    1997 March 3, Richard Lacayo et al., “Is Al Gore Too Good at Passing the Hat?”, in Time

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