pie-faced

[ pahy-feyst ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pie-faced¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The pie-faced nurse was gone; or at least I didn't see her anywhere; and the change in Mrs. Sheila sort of made me gasp.

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She continued musingly: "Gee, but I was soft when I first went away—a regular pie-faced angel-child!"

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“Pull out there, you red-headed, pie-faced jay,” he shouted to the astonished young woman.

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But what we got out of that pie-faced Nimms of Penrhyn's wasn't worth taking notes of.

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Some English won't stand for anything but a regular pie-faced story, but Strathay's a real good little man.

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