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or man-sized
1
: suitable for or requiring a man
a man-size job
2
: larger than others of its kind
constructed a man-size model
Examples of man-size in a Sentence
worked up a man-size appetite playing soccer
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Flaherty scrupulously captured animal, water, and flora phenomena (Moana wrestling with a man-size tortoise and his brother Pe’a climbing the daunting heights of an arching coconut tree).
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Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
Flaherty scrupulously captured animal, water, and flora phenomena (Moana wrestling with a man-size tortoise and his brother Pe’a climbing the daunting heights of an arching coconut tree).
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
Flaherty scrupulously captured animal, water, and flora phenomena (Moana wrestling with a man-size tortoise and his brother Pe’a climbing the daunting heights of an arching coconut tree).
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Man-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man-size. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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