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quarry-faced

American  
[kwawr-ee-feyst, kwor-] / ˈkwɔr iˌfeɪst, ˈkwɒr- /

adjective

Masonry.

  1. rock-faced.

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Hours of enquiry yielded a solitary rumour: the girls were at a party and the love of my life was seeing a local quarry-faced dimwit called Siz.

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