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sour-faced en · ADJ

Etymology

See sour. First attested in the 16th century.

Meanings

1. (figuratively) having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression
   • Not even Hendrik was sour-faced a day after. 1883, John Mackenzie, Day-Dawn in Dark Places: A Story of Wanderings and Work in Bechuanaland, London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, page 78:
   • A sour-faced knaue. 1843 [1589], Martin Marprelate, edited by John Petheram, An Epitome of the First Book of Martin Marprelate's Epitome, London: John Russell Smith, page 28:

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