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have more chins than Chinatown

have more chins than Chinatown verb: to be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").

Verb

have more chins than Chinatown (third-person singular simple present has more chins than Chinatown, present participle having more chins than Chinatown, simple past and past participle had more chins than Chinatown)

  1. (humorous, offensive) To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").
    • All physical types work in commercials. Perhaps you're so large that Richard Simmons won't deal you a meal and your photo has to be taken from satellite. Maybe your body has more nooks and crannies than an English muffin and you have more chins than Chinatown.2005, Tom Logan, “The Importance of Commercials”, in Acting in the Million Dollar Minute: The Sequel

Forms of have more chins than Chinatown

third-person singular presenthas more chins than Chinatown
present participlehaving more chins than Chinatown
past participlehad more chins than Chinatown
pasthad more chins than Chinatown
alternative formhave got more chins than Chinatown

Origin of have more chins than Chinatown

A pun on the word chin and the common Chinese surname Chin. The phrase was popularised by the American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Questions about have more chins than Chinatown

What does have more chins than Chinatown mean?
Have more chins than Chinatown means to be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").
What part of speech is have more chins than Chinatown?
Have more chins than Chinatown is a verb.
What is the past tense of have more chins than Chinatown?
The past tense of have more chins than Chinatown is had more chins than Chinatown.

Words near have more chins than Chinatown in the dictionary

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

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