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pock-fretten en · ADJ
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(archaic) Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked.
The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.
1988, Melvyn Bragg, Rich:He is a thin, tallish man, a little pock-fretten; of a sallowish complexion.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
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