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Cupid's bow

[boh]
noun
  1. a classical bow Cupid is traditionally pictured as bearing.
  2. a line or shape resembling this, especially the line of the upper lip.
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Origin of Cupid's bow

First recorded in 1855–60
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British Dictionary definitions for cupid's bow

Cupid's bow

noun
  1. a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
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