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customer of size
 n.— «I knew the odds were huge that whoever got the seat beside me would be what the airline industry calls, “a customer of size.” After all, nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight and about one-third are obese.» —“On a plane, niceness is outweighed” by Al Lewis Denver Post (Colorado) Sept. 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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