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bee-stung

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adjective

having a red and swollen appearance: 1920s flappers with bee-stung lips.

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Nearby words

  1. bee plant,
  2. bee tree,
  3. bee's knees,
  4. bee-eater,
  5. bee-sting,
  6. beeb,
  7. beebe,
  8. beebe, william,
  9. beebread,
  10. beech

Origin of bee-stung

First recorded in 1930–35
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Examples from the Web for bee-stung

  • She comes out of it with a violent start, as though she had just been bee-stung.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

  • As though she had been bee-stung, Mittie May flung up her head.

    Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb

  • He was mollified and won by the big, gentle eyes and that bee-stung upper lip.

    We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

  • As though he had been bee-stung the little man pivoted on his heels.

    Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for bee-stung

bee-stung

adjective

(of the lips) pouting and sensuous
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