Not such a strange choice for a hefty but gentle fellow who collects hippopotamus figurines "probably because" they remind him of himself.

One of Burke's fighters, a hefty fellow puffing a meerschaum, said, "To be sure.

It was the second boy who spoke, a hefty fellow with a shock of spiked red hair.

'They are both hefty, strong fellows.'

First up for our side is Galbraith fils, a hefty fellow who clearly enjoys a good intellectual brawl.

He was a hefty fellow, in the habit of standing no nonsense from his customers, and Tough Bill hesitated.

One of the Zalites, a hefty fellow in green trousers, came up to Tako and took hold of him, his face a mixture of fear and curiosity.

The younger man, a hefty fellow with a clear, boyish face, looked suspiciously at Rama.

The soldiers, laughing, thoroughly enjoying the frolic, were jostling him not a little for the sheer pleasure of measuring their valour against so hefty a fellow.

But they're all big hefty fellows - they look like ruffians, and probably are,' said Richard, enjoying the interest the others were taking in him.