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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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 Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
What's the use of coming down with a face-ache?
From Non-combatants and Others by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
I owe a painful face-ache, which oppresses me at this moment, to a cold caught, sitting by her, one day in last July, at this receipt of coolness.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
Henrietta's face-ache is quite well, and I don't mean to give any more bulletins to-day.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
Toothache, face-ache, neuralgia, according to fashion, but maddening all the same.
From The Bag of Diamonds by Fenn, George Manville
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