light face
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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We have a McFace performance where Natasha’s character wears a light face with freckles and a red nose and a Raggedy Ann wig.
From Time • Jul. 27, 2015
To polish his TV personality, Johnson has tried contact lenses, light face makeup, and a variety of electronic prompting gadgets, only belatedly realizing that he winds up looking shifty-eyed and irritable.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was given a light face peel, not the harsh so-called "acid peel" but a new European "mineral peel," to improve the texture of her skin.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was one spectator of this drama, who, understanding no word nor incident therein, yet dismissed no shade of the many emotions which had stirred the light face of his lady.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
Figures in light face type refer to the text, those in the heavier type to illustrations.
From The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' by Williams, John H. (John Harvey)
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