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straight face

 
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–noun
a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, esp. a desire to laugh.
Origin:
1890–95

Related forms:
straight-faced, adjective
straight-fac⋅ed⋅ly  [streyt-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-lee] , adverb
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straight face  
n.  A face that betrays no sign of emotion.
straight'-faced' (strāt'fāst') adj., straight'-faced'ly (-fāst'lē, -fā'sĭd-lē) adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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straight-faced

  1. mod.
    with a serious, unsmiling face. : He was a very straight-faced prof, but he has a tremendous sense of humor.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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