单词 | pippin-faced |
释义 | > as lemmaspippin-faced pippin-faced adj. now rare having a round, red, or wrinkled face; cf. pippin face n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] redOE ruddya1300 red-faced1579 cherry-cheeked1586 rose-cheeked1593 red-cheeked1602 murrey1623 florid1650 sanguine1684 sanguine-complexioned1692 apple-faced1781 apple-cheeked1827 pippin-faced1836 lobsterish1914 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vi. 51 A little hard-headed, Ripstone pippin-faced man. 1853 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 14 May 254/1 Old officials (pippin-faced, white-headed old gentlemen mostly). 1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 352/1 The little bandy-legged pippin-faced gardener was coolly resting on his spade while he addressed his master within. 1931 S. Kaye-Smith Susan Spray i. 3 Ruth was fat and pippin-faced. < as lemmas |
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