What's to become of this plumptious plot by the sea.

Just work at it and you fortysomething pluses can retain a plumptious, fecund look well into middle age.

'How plumptious I feel and tickled pink,' said Ken as he entertained an audience in the staff restaurant.

Night, plumptious cat.

On the first floor are several plumptious bedrooms, and a little staircase leading to the second floor, where the children’s rooms are, plus a small home gym.

Kate's hair is backcombed into a plumptious beehive, while mine is tucked into a neat little quiff, and we are both given eyeliner flicks that Amy Winehouse would have coveted.

Her breakthrough book was called How to Eat (as opposed to How to Cook), and her work is a paean to butter and full-fat milk, bright colors, rich sauces, and all things plumptious, delicious, and voluptuous.

The Blackwater estuary is the perfect breeding ground for these bivalves and the Maldon Oyster Company manages an enormous number of beds, growing and purifying plumptious varieties such as Maldons, Kumomotos, Blackwater Wilds and Maldon Natives, as well as clams and mussels.

The plumptious beauties come stuffed with fillings such as honeycomb, homemade raspberry jam and caramel custard to the extent that even the neatest eater will struggle to remain clean-chinned.

Think fat cranberries snuggled inside light, plumptious dough with a hard glazed syrup coating and a hint of mixed spice.