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having more chins than a Chinese phone book

having more chins than a Chinese phone book is the present participle and gerund 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

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What is having more chins than a Chinese phone book the present participle and gerund of?
Having more chins than a Chinese phone book is the present participle and gerund of have more chins than a Chinese phone book.

Words near having more chins than a Chinese phone book in the dictionary

  1. having Jesus in one's heart
  2. having kittens
  3. having legs
  4. having little time for
  5. having mercy
  6. having more chins than a Chinese phone book
  7. having more chins than a Chinese phonebook
  8. having more chins than Chinatown
  9. having more money than God
  10. having more of something in one's finger than
  11. having no business

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