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horse-faced
[ hawrs-feyst ]
adjective
- having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horse-faced1
First recorded in 1665–75
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Example Sentences
His left spurred heel stood straight out at right angles to the direction in which his horse faced.
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His position was midway between Melville and his house, and his horse faced the brother and sister.
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But, at sight, he loved the horse-faced, almost middle-aged swearer of strange oaths and smoker of strong cigars.
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As we saw, his horse faced the Parliament's troops on Kingston Common, and he died without glory on the scaffold.
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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.
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