Lean-faced

Lean´-faced`


a. 1. Having a thin face.
2. (Typog.) slender or narrow; - said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.
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There's one lean-faced geezer stumbling along in a grey hoodie.
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He described him as being thin and lean-faced, similar in appearance to the attacker, the police said.
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The lean-faced actor was taken by his dad to live in a hippy commune after his mother left, and became determined to succeed as an actor.
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