brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
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
Would she be brazen-faced enough to scold her because she had drunk some of the master's coffee?
From Absolution by Clara Viebig
And, because mediums frequently descend to the most brazen-faced imposture, it would not be less absurd to conclude that mediumship has no existence.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
The brazen-faced maids in the house accosted her as one of their own kind.
From Germinie Lacerteux by Jules de Goncourt
She wasn't exactly brazen-faced when she told me, Aunt Olga.
From The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
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