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horse-faced

[ hawrs-feyst ]

adjective

  1. having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of horse-faced1

First recorded in 1665–75

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Example Sentences

His left spurred heel stood straight out at right angles to the direction in which his horse faced.

His position was midway between Melville and his house, and his horse faced the brother and sister.

But, at sight, he loved the horse-faced, almost middle-aged swearer of strange oaths and smoker of strong cigars.

As we saw, his horse faced the Parliament's troops on Kingston Common, and he died without glory on the scaffold.

Yet right behind him walks B. He's a horse-faced bird who never smiles—wiry, monosyllabic—asks brusquely for a $4 room—gets it.

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