rubber-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of rubber-faced
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to imagine any other host this season, for instance, doing such rubber-faced manic justice to a very gross and very funny “Flaming Hot Preparation H” commercial parody.
From Los Angeles Times
Taking inspiration not from scary movies but Jim Carrey’s rubber-faced turn in “The Mask,” per the Australian actor, her Deadite Mommie Dearest becomes a terrifying vessel for chaos and destruction of the bodily and emotional kind, hilariously horrific as she levitates, expectorates, crab walks, crawls up the walls, menaces the neighbors and taunts her own children with quotable lines like, “Mommy’s with the maggots now.”
From Los Angeles Times
The rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany Cpl.
From Seattle Times
Larry Storch, 99, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany Cpl.
From Seattle Times
Meredith Blake: When this movie was announced back in January, the prospect of Nicole Kidman — an excellent actress who can be quite funny but not one exactly known for her kinetic physical comedy or rubber-faced expressions — playing the beloved Lucille Ball got a lot of people riled up.
From Los Angeles Times
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