pasty-faced
[ pey-stee-feyst ]
adjective
having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
Origin of pasty-faced
1First recorded in 1600–10
Words Nearby pasty-faced
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How to use pasty-faced in a sentence
No pasty-faced legal adventurer is going to cause bad blood between the Warners and the Marxes.
Harvey Weinstein’s Battle With Warner Bros. Over ‘The Butler’: There's History | Marlow Stern | July 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo the new-comer they looked pasty-faced, spiritless beings.
Queensland Cousins | Eleanor Luisa HaverfieldSome of them were dragging along tired, over-dressed, pasty-faced children.
Rough-Hewn | Dorothy CanfieldA pasty-faced bald man at a table near theirs rose with a broad grin on his face and went forward to collect.
Starman's Quest | Robert SilverbergThere used to be a pasty-faced boy in school that'd wail that out, and set all the girls to bawling.
Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) | John McElroy
Miss Gale proceeded to insist that boys are not pasty-faced without a cause, and it is to be sought lower down.
The Woman-Hater | Charles Reade
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