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The Chances, i, IX. p. 211 Judas. cf. I, p. 457. p. 211 flabber. Fat; puffed out. A very rare adjective, perhaps only here. The N.E.D. quotes this passage with a reference to the adjective 'flaberkin' = puffed out, puffy, and a suggestion that it is akin to the substantive 'flab' = something thick, broad, fat. p. 212 this old Sir Guy of Warwick.
"And Charles Pixley!" "That's quite different " "You're right, my dear. This is a horse of quite another colour. An awfully decent colour too. I'm glad you appreciate it. He's as brown as a gipsy and not an ounce of flab about him. Charles Pixley is mostly flab " "Don't be rude, Hen. You don't know Charles. And do drop your school slang " "Can't, my child.
The mesodenum was gibbous. There was a certain quantity of flab in the binomium and the proscenium was wide open. One striking fact, however, was decided from the testimony of the expert, namely, that the stomach of the deceased was found to contain half a pint of arsenic. On this point the questioning of the district attorney was close and technical.
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