Meaning of baby-face | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“[T]he jolly, broad, fooliſh, humorous, half-laughing, half-crying, baby-face of the Major extorted peals of laughter from all who were preſent.”

“Say that the Cherubs carved in stone, / [...] / Used to sing in heavenly tone, / Above and round the sacred places / They guard, with wingèd baby-faces.”

“Now Sir Wigolais was not only very young, but extremely young-looking; he had one of those baby-faces that obstinately refused to look manly at any age, and a chin that seemed destined never to wear a beard.”

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