horse-faced
[hawrs-feyst]
- having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
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Origin of horse-faced
First recorded in 1665–75
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Historical Examples of horse-faced
It's an insult to Frazer to have a horse-faced guy listen to him.
The Trail of the HawkSinclair Lewis
Why does the horse-faced lady, with nice clothes, go to church on Sunday?
Nights in LondonThomas Burke
No more—bull-headed, horse-faced devils, away with them to the Terrace that they may once more gaze upon their lost homes!
The General—a tall, lean, horse-faced man with a shrewd and not unkindly eye—yielded the point at once.
Fort AmityArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Yet right behind him walks B. He's a horse-faced bird who never smiles—wiry, monosyllabic—asks brusquely for a $4 room—gets it.
The Knack of ManagingLewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson