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poker-faced

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adjective

  1. informal having a deliberately expressionless face

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Even through the more dramatic moments of the day, they remained poker-faced.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

About 20 feet away, in the second row of the visitors’ gallery, was Jack Smith, the special counsel who had put him there, alert and poker-faced.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Real oozed class and control while Liverpool subsided, Ancelotti poker-faced and cool in his technical area as Anfield was reduced to silence.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

It’s especially a challenge to Marengo, given that Giovanna is a taciturn, poker-faced character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

He was a poker-faced judge who did not suffer fools gladly.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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