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what does ill-made mean here?

 
 
Reply Thu 31 Jan, 2013 06:05 am
He is a man of about 35, of middle height, not ill made.
what does ill-made mean, when it is used to describe a person
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Reply Thu 31 Jan, 2013 06:34 am
@lizfeehily,
lizfeehily wrote:

what does ill-made mean, when it is used to describe a person


Ugly or physically unattractive.

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Reply Thu 31 Jan, 2013 10:17 am
@lizfeehily,
"Not ill made" is a roundabout way of saying "attractive."

The British tend to speak this way.
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Reply Thu 31 Jan, 2013 10:20 am
@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:

"Not ill made" is a roundabout way of saying "attractive."

The British tend to speak this way.


Tended to, a long time ago, but still do in the imagination of foreigners.
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