brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of brazen-faced
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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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
She steadfastly answered that she would never speak ill of anybody; but the girl was a brazen-faced wench, and he was no better.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
He's sure to be a wild, brazen-faced fellow.”
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
And this totally shameless and brazen-faced humbug flourished in New York for twenty-five years!
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
Do you mean to tell us that she was brazen-faced enough to confess such a thing?
From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
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