Sophisticated, Slovenian-born Magda is among the most delicious of St. John’s characters, “svelte and full-bosomed … beautifully tailored and manicured and coifed.”

She was a full-bosomed young hussy, and would be very queenly and cocky.

He laid the missive on his desk with a full-bosomed sigh.

Jun had appropriated the younger of the two, a bright-eyed girl, and the elder, a full-bosomed, florid woman with straw-coloured hair, had, as the boys said, "taken a fancy to Charley."

Most of all, she loved the river when it swelled serene and full-bosomed from Chelsea onwards to Putney and the upper reaches.