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have more chins than a Chinese phonebook

have more chins than a Chinese phonebook is the alternative spelling of have more chins than a Chinese phone book.

Meaning of have more chins than a Chinese phone book

Verb

have more chins than a Chinese phone book (third-person singular simple present has more chins than a Chinese phone book, present participle having more chins than a Chinese phone book, simple past and past participle had more chins than a Chinese phone book)

  1. (humorous, offensive) To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").
    • "This woman has more chins than a Chinese phone book," says Comedian Joan Rivers in a not at all funny pay cable television special.1981 March 30, Gerald Clarke, “Show Business: The Long Way to Broadway”, in TIME, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2010

Forms of have more chins than a Chinese phonebook

third-person singular presenthas more chins than a Chinese phonebook
present participlehaving more chins than a Chinese phonebook
past participlehad more chins than a Chinese phonebook
pasthad more chins than a Chinese phonebook

Questions about have more chins than a Chinese phonebook

What is have more chins than a Chinese phonebook the alternative spelling of?
Have more chins than a Chinese phonebook is the alternative spelling of have more chins than a Chinese phone book.

Words near have more chins than a Chinese phonebook in the dictionary

  1. have legs
  2. have little time for
  3. have marital relations
  4. have mercy
  5. have more chins than a Chinese phone book
  6. have more chins than a Chinese phonebook
  7. have more chins than Chinatown
  8. have more money than God
  9. have more of something in one's finger than
  10. have no business
  11. have no fear of ice cold beer

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