adj. (common).—Vigourous; lusty; exaggerated; excessive; big.

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  c. 1563.  Jacke Jugder, 42 (ed. Grosart). And made you a banket [banquet], and BOUNCING cheare.

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  1588.  Marprelate’s Epistle, 14 (ARBER). For there must bee orders of ministers in the congregation where you meane this BOUNSING priest should haue superiortie.

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  1611.  MIDDLETON, The Roaring Girle, iii., 3. The duck that sits is the BOUNCING ramp, that roaring girl, my mistress.

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  1748.  SMOLLETT, Roderick Random, xix. While I was at work in the shop, a BOUNCING damsel, well dressed, came in.

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  1846.  THACKERAY, Vanity Fair, ii. By the side of many tall and BOUNCING young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child.

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