weasel-faced en · ADJ
Meanings
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Having lean, sharp facial features.
"Instead of being a rollicking bull-necked quarterstaff player with an eye for a wench and a good but untutored voice for roaring a roundelay, he's nothing but a weasel-faced herring-gutted wowser deliberately stuck in a cell to mislead travellers."
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 42:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more weasel-faced | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most weasel-faced | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |