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beauty spot

noun

a tiny, molelike patch worn, usually on the face, as to set off the fairness of the skin.
a mole or other dark mark on the skin.
a place of exceptional scenic or architectural beauty:
Montserrat is the beauty spot of the islands.

beauty spot

a place of outstanding beauty
a small dark-coloured patch or spot worn on a lady's face as an adornment or as a foil to her complexion
a mole or other similar natural mark on the skin

First recorded in 1650–60

With a gleam beneath a dancing ray of sunlight, with a beauty spot of white foam here and there.

I don't suppose he remembers there's such a beauty spot as this where we're sitting now, even if he ever saw it.

They seem on an enormous scale; and each beauty spot is different from every other.

Surrounding country is one immense beauty spot with valleys, mountains, prairie, and timber.

There was a joy in the discovery of that beauty-spot; nothing more delicious of the kind have I ever seen.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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