"Bunteresque" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Bunteresque [comparative], most Bunteresque [superlative]
Etymology: From Billy Bunter, a fictional greedy schoolboy in the Magnet comic created by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton). Head templates: {{en-adj}} Bunteresque (comparative more Bunteresque, superlative most Bunteresque)
  1. (UK) Obese. Wikipedia link: Billy Bunter Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-Bunteresque-en-adj-InYrL3LG Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1993, John Sweeney, Trading with the enemy: how Britain armed Iraq, page 44",
          "text": "The intelligence product from this series of meetings between the Bunteresque MI5 man and Gutteridge was speedily disseminated throughout Whitehall.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks",
          "text": "I drew a mushroom cloud; a man holding up a severed head next to a guillotine; an apple with an arrow through it; a rather Bunteresque schoolboy, braces emphasising his girth, reaching out towards a giant icecream cone; and a bus heading for a tunnel in a hillside.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Kevin Sampson, The Killing Pool, page 101",
          "text": "I exchange pleasantries with the old history buff on the till and spend a fascinating hour or so on the official tour of the house itself, marvelling at the Bunteresque enormity of a former earl's pantaloons; but when it comes to the guided walk around the grounds and gardens, I slip away to the riverfront path and, I don't mind admitting it, thoroughly enjoy my extensive ramble right along the western straits, almost as far as Newborough Warren itself.",
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        "(UK) Obese."
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