hatchet face

American  

noun

1. a thin face with sharp features.

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Other Word Forms

• hatchet-faced adjective

Etymology

Origin of hatchet face

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

He was a frail, tuberculous stalk of a fellow with a hatchet face crowned on a high dome with an inverted bowl of reddish hair cut in bangs.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Toni-eeeeee...” hoof beats clattered on the concrete and the hatchet face of the Kid passed me by.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

He was staring across the table at her, with a curious expression on his long, hatchet face.

From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

He came across in the Pullman with me from Omaha; middle-aged, tall, and slim, with a hatchet face and owlish eyes.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis

Monsieur Wachner stared at her, and a look of fear, almost of terror, came over his drawn, hatchet face.

From The Chink in the Armour by Lowndes, Marie Belloc