"fat lady" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fat ladies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ies}} fat lady (plural fat ladies)
  1. (dated, now offensive) A woman of unusually large body size formerly exhibited as a circus sideshow attraction. Tags: dated, offensive
    Sense id: en-fat_lady-en-noun-MEHMbBPS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Circus, People

Inflected forms

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