brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of brazen-faced
First recorded in 1565–75
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"How brazen-faced can a man be?" fumed Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of the Iranian parliament.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon my saul, sir, ye’re a brazen-faced man that durst say it to my face!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Never since I was born did I ever see sic brazen-faced impudence!
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
Brown, I regard your address, under all the circumstances, as a display of the most brazen-faced assurance and the most unmitigated impudence I ever met with in my life!
From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway
Indignant women, forgetting the softness of sex, had arisen in just wrath to execute this brazen-faced apostle of mammon.
From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy
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