hard-favored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-favored
First recorded in 1505–15
Example Sentences
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Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances; those who were not handsome were at least happy, and happiness is a rare improver of your hard-favored visage.
From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington
A mop of iron-gray hair gave a grisly finish to this hard-favored visage.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian
The big, raw-boned woman's hard-favored countenance was lit up with motherly solicitude, as she lifted, rather than assisted, Zadkiel, down the steps of the tavern.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
They had a hard-favored grimness and taciturnity that with their mountain scenery reminded me of New England now and again, and gave me the bewildered sense of having dropped down in some little anterior America.
From A Little Swiss Sojourn by Howells, William Dean
A mass of iron gray hair gave a grizzly finish to his hard-favored visage.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
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