bald-faced

[bawld-feyst]
adjective
barefaced ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1640–50

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bald-faced

adjective
1. (of animals) having white markings on the face 
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious
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Bald-faced is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
The rest of the column is a mishmash of half-truths and bald-faced lies.
He seems happy to engage in factual distortion and, occasionally, the politician's bald-faced lie.
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