pasty-faced
[pey-stee-feyst]
- having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
Origin of pasty-faced
First recorded in 1600–10
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Examples from the Web for pasty-faced
Contemporary Examples
No pasty-faced legal adventurer is going to cause bad blood between the Warners and the Marxes.
Harvey Weinstein’s Battle With Warner Bros. Over ‘The Butler’: There's HistoryMarlow Stern
July 12, 2013
Historical Examples
The pasty-faced American played the Ace of Spades without saying a word.
The Tale of Timber TownAlfred Grace
But lemme tell you, from now on, no pasty-faced female is going to rub it in any more.
The JobSinclair Lewis
Some of them were dragging along tired, over-dressed, pasty-faced children.
Rough-HewnDorothy Canfield
On the seat beside him sat his pasty-faced, four-year-old son.
Lad: A DogAlbert Payson Terhune
The long-forgotten name awoke memories of a pasty-faced boy peppered with freckles, who had always called him "Snowball."
The Quaint CompanionsLeonard Merrick