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adjective

chesty adj.

Marked by a large or well-developed chest.

Synonyms: big-chested.

Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; as, chesty as a peacock.

Synonyms: arrogant, self-important.

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Etymology of 'Chesty'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chesty" Quotes from Famous Books

... a period of the wonder of it all. Being able to walk anywhere and observe people who had no suspicion that they were being observed. It was during that phase that he had sought out the hotel in which he had read the chesty French movie actress Brigette Loren was in residence. Evidently, he'd hit the nail right on the head. Brigette was at her toilette when he arrived on scene. In telling about this, Crowley leered amusedly at Patricia from the side of his eyes. She ...

— The Common Man • Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

... Years Zoroaster and Zendavesta continued to walk Chesty and tell People how Good they were. They never could Understand why the Public stood for Mansfield when it could get Zoroaster and Zendavesta. The Property Man gave it as his Opinion that Mansfield conned the ...

— Fables in Slang • George Ade

... swept rapidly to its close, so rapidly to the seniors that the days seemed to melt in their grasp. The twentieth of June would bring them their diplomas and the end of their college life. They felt a bit chesty at the thought of that B.S. or A.B., but a little sentimental at the thought ...

— The Plastic Age • Percy Marks

... "There was a chesty person with a wave of hair coming down over his forehead. A sickeningly handsome fellow who looked like a poet. I think they called him Basil. Does he run around in ...

— The Coming of Bill • P. G. Wodehouse

... was not much troubled in finding his companion. He entered the cellar just as the latter had arisen from his chesty couch, and a cordial grasp of the hand bore ...

— Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad • John S. Adams