#192 buxom

buxom- of a woman healthily plump, attractive, and vigorous; full-bosomed

- C12 buhsum compliant, pliant, from Old English bugan to bend; related to Dutch buchsam, German biegsam

Former "Designing Woman" star Delta Burke, long a beacon for the buxom, is appealing to large, economy-size women by vowing to "balance the scales of fashion justice.

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