hatchet face
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of hatchet face
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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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)
"You'll grin on the other side of your hatchet face, fellow, when we do show you," said Gus.
From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne
There was about his thin body and hatchet face some of the grim determination that had made the Martians cling to their dying world and bring life to it again.
From A World is Born by Brackett, Leigh Douglass
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