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pouchy

American  
[pau-chee] / ˈpaʊ tʃi /

adjective

pouchier, pouchiest
  1. possessing or resembling a pouch.

    pouchy folds under the eyes.


Etymology

Origin of pouchy

First recorded in 1820–30; pouch + -y 1


Example Sentences

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Obviously I am not immune to that thrill of horror when the pouchy, saggy goings-on between my forehead and shoulders are revealed as my phone sadistically switches to front camera.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2019

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

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

At 62 Mr. Price has thick, dark brown hair and a hip manner that belie his age, and pouchy eyes that don’t.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2012

It was a living eye, the cornea a little bloodshot, the eyelashes luxuriant, the skin underneath coffee- stained and pouchy.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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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