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Bunteresque
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English
Etymology
From Billy Bunter, a fictional greedy schoolboy in the Magnet comic created by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton).
Adjective
en UK Obese.
en 1993 Trading with the enemy: how Britain armed Iraq John Sweeney 44 0330331280 The intelligence product from this series of meetings between the Bunteresque MI5 man and Gutteridge was speedily disseminated throughout Whitehall.
en 2007 Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks Christopher Brookmyre 9780349118819 I drew a mushroom cloud; a man holding up a severed head next to a guillotine; an apple with an arrow through it; a rather Bunteresque schoolboy, braces emphasising his girth, reaching out towards a giant icecream cone; and a bus heading for a tunnel in a hillside.
en 2014 The Killing Pool Kevin Sampson 101 0099470268 I exchange pleasantries with the old history buff on the till and spend a fascinating hour or so on the official tour of the house itself, marvelling at the Bunteresque enormity of a former earl's pantaloons; but when it comes to the guided walk around the grounds and gardens, I slip away to the riverfront path and, I don't mind admitting it, thoroughly enjoy my extensive ramble right along the western straits, almost as far as Newborough Warren itself.