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| * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rubenesque Rubenesque] | | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rubenesque Rubenesque] |
| * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voluptuous voluptuous] | | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voluptuous voluptuous] |
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| * By his description the same broad. A '''zaftige''' piece too, in a mink stole. — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow Saul Bellow], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Augie_March The Adventures of Augie March]''
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| * Sportcasters are drawn from three different talent pools. Some are professional media people, others are ex-coaches, and the most '''zaftig''' lot are ex-players. — ''Washington Journalism Review'', 1980
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| * Well, a certain '''zaftig''' coed told this on herself... — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(novel) The Number of the Beast]'', 1980
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| * But I've been waiting for you just to say / The '''zoftig''' chick is mine... — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth Sonic Youth], “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25_(Sonic_Youth_song) 100%]”, 1992
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| * Mrs Stahlbaum, a much more '''zaftig''' figure... — Gay Morris, 1996
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| * 1995 Clinton has his first sexual encounter with '''zaftig''' intern Lewinsky. — ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine) Time]'', 2000
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| * ...their more '''zaftig''' counterparts... — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Zuk Marlene Zuk], 2011
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| * Bari is a warmer '''zaftig''' presence. — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Egan Jennifer Egan], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candy_House The Candy House]'', 2022
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| ===Further reading=== | | ===Further reading=== |
| * [https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/kdhjccq Green’s Dictionary of Slang – “zaftig”] | | * [https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/kdhjccq Green’s Dictionary of Slang – “zaftig”] |
From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate with German saftig (“juicy”).
Doublet of sappy.
- Hangul: 재프틱 (jae-peu-tik)
- Katakana: ザフティグ (zafutigu)
- (US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
