Burly

Burly (adjective): strongly and heavily built.

“Every now and again, I would see him, a burly man with close-cropped graying hair, pushing a shopping cart or sitting at an outside table at the Starbucks on Maryland and Dorothy, sipping from a container of coffee, wearing what looked like a Runnin’ Rebels basketball shirt, slit up the sides all the way to the armpits, with that designation – Facebook president of the world – hand-painted on the back.”

“Walk with Me” – David L Ulin

When first looking at this word, if there was no prior knowledge of the meaning, the text would not give an inclination of what was meant. After looking at the meaning the picture was clearer as to what the author was stating.

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