What does love-handled mean?

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love-handled

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

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""She said you were handsome when you were sixteen. She hasn't seen you now you're old and gray and love-handled.""

more love-handled (comparative) most love-handled (superlative)

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