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pie-faced
[ pahy-feyst ]
adjective
, Informal.
- having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pie-faced1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
The pie-faced nurse was gone; or at least I didn't see her anywhere; and the change in Mrs. Sheila sort of made me gasp.
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She continued musingly: "Gee, but I was soft when I first went away—a regular pie-faced angel-child!"
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“Pull out there, you red-headed, pie-faced jay,” he shouted to the astonished young woman.
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But what we got out of that pie-faced Nimms of Penrhyn's wasn't worth taking notes of.
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Some English won't stand for anything but a regular pie-faced story, but Strathay's a real good little man.
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