Fat Man
the code name for the plutonium-core, implosion-type atom bomb the U.S. first tested and then dropped on Nagasaki in 1945.
- Compare Little Boy.
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How to use Fat Man in a sentence
Most people wouldn't look twice at a “Fat Man” walking hand-in-hand with an attractive, skinny woman.
Plus-Size Model, Jennifer Maitland: Get Over the Word ‘Fat’ | Jennifer Maitland | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you push the Fat Man onto the tracks, however, he will stop the train, saving the five, but dying as a result.
Would You Kill the Fat Man? And Other Conundrums | Robert Herritt | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDitka: “Fridge is a big man with some fat on; not just a big Fat Man.”
It was a prized image in Chicago: the joy of the Fat Man in the open field.
"You can't make a Fat Man skinny by tightening his belt," observed John Maynard Keynes.
The Fat Man watched the flush on Dick's face as he spoke, and was apparently gratified.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingHe was a Fat Man—eating roast pork, and apple-sauce, and mashed potatoes, and bread.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairThere is a huge Fat Man seated on a low stool cleaning the boots of another man equally stout.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonOne of them, a Fat Man who had blonde hair and sang bass, eventually took Peter's order.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun"There must have been a Fat Man who was unsteady on his feet," observed the Captain.
Boy Scouts in the Philippines | G. Harvey Ralphson
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