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dick (adj)
   fat, chubby; thick; big, large

Sie war ein dickes Kind.
She was a chubby child.
Dick und Doof
Laurel and Hardy ("fat and dumb" was the old German non-PC term for the famous comedy duo)
Schweinchen Dick
Porky Pig ("piggy fat")
Das ist ein dickes Buch.
That is a thick book.

Related:
dünn thin
eine dicke Zigarre a big fat cigar
durch dick und dünn through thick and thin

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