>> the corpulent blobs
Not really appropos, except possibly to the risk factor, but a friend of mine started work maybe 50 years ago ago in Dunn & Co.
He can't recall it now, but I distinctly remember him ranking the euphemisms Dunn & Co used to describe ready made suit fittings - stout, for example, was not as large as portly.
Maybe he made it up, or it just fell out of use pre-internet, but I can't find any trace of it and wish I could remember it.
I think short, and 'heavy set' came into it somewhere as well. I don't think corpulent did, it isn't really euphemistic enough.
Any old tailors here?
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