face-ache

British  

noun

1. neuralgia

2. slang an ugly or miserable-looking person

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face-ache

That evening Thomasin had another spasm of face-ache and went to bed soon after drinking tea.

From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts

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 knew an old woman who used mullein leaves for a night-cap because she had face-ache.

From Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

All the family have colds, except the under-nurse, who has a face-ache.

From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various

It was only fair to tell me in the last lines that the face-ache was better, to keep off a fit of remorse.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon

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