pouchy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pouchy
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As I wrote at the time, “with his seamed, pouchy features and his shock of close-cut, iron-grey hair, John Hurt bears a striking resemblance to Beckett himself”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2017
It was an ill wind indeed that fixed Lady F.’s features into that attitude of pouchy petulance, and it must have done a number on her soul, too.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2015
He looked, Thomsen recalls, “so much like a pale, pouchy, and cruelly overworked head waiter that every civilian there, I felt, was trying very hard not to hand him a tip.”
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2014
But Glenn McGrath was also a proper No11 and he always looked like he might bite your nose off, rather than like a friendly cartoon bear with pouchy cheeks.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010
Neumann One cuts Bernd’s hair, then Werner’s, then pouchy, wrecked Neumann Two’s.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
His cheeks seem to grow pouchier, his eyes more sadly knowing, his manner ever more wisely patient.
From Time Magazine Archive
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