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hatchet face
noun
- a thin face with sharp features.
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- hatchet-faced adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hatchet face1
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Example Sentences
He had the hatchet face of the clever Yankee, alert, sharply defined, with a high-bridged and rather bold English nose.
And I don't think that long hatchet-face Sneak will think that I'm a coward any more.
He was staring across the table at her, with a curious expression on his long, hatchet face.
For a moment Sprowl's hatchet face was ghastly; he opened his mouth to speak, twice, then jerked open his door and disappeared.
Say, you should have seen old hatchet-face when I told her that I hoped the war would last forever!
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