puppy fat

English

Noun

puppy fat (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The natural fat on the body of a child that normally disappears at adolescence.
    • 1972, Georgette Heyer, Lady Of Quality, London: The Bodley Head, page 87:
      "I was not pudding-faced!" "Oh, believe me, you were! You hadn't lost your puppy-fat."

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natural fat on the body of a child
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