face-ache
Britishnoun
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neuralgia
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slang an ugly or miserable-looking person
Example Sentences
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I hope long ere this your face-ache has left you.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
I am going to the medicine-chest next, to physic the kitchen-maid—an unwholesome girl, whose face-ache is all stomach.
From No Name by Wilkie Collins
The fellow turned cringingly to me, and ground out something like this, every word seeming to give him the face-ache: "I meant no offence, sar; I hope ye'll excuse me."
From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by James R. Gilmore
Toothache, face-ache, neuralgia, according to fashion, but maddening all the same.
From The Bag of Diamonds by George Manville Fenn
"No, sir, but I've got the face-ache awful," was Dumps's reply, who was holding a handkerchief to his right cheek.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
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