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pie-faced

American  
[pahy-feyst] / ˈpaɪˌfeɪst /

adjective

Informal.
  1. having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.


Etymology

Origin of pie-faced

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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"Yo, my cousin bed is next to yours, let me get that so I can be by my cousin," said a tall pie-faced boy.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2022

Gritty even got in on the fun and pie-faced some dude in an octopus costume, his tentacles waving in the air like eight green flags of surrender.

From Fox News Oct. 18, 2021

A fleshy, pie-faced man in a short-sleeved shirt is idly dealing blackjack hands to himself while grappling with questions from his call-in radio audience.

From Time Magazine Archive

The king's own fool, the pie-faced simpleton called Moon Boy, danced about on stilts, all in motley, making mock of everyone with such deft cruelty that Sansa wondered if he was simple after all.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

I hadn't more than made the first restless move before I saw a sort of pie-faced woman in a nurse's cap and apron start to get up from where she was sitting by the window.

From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis

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