mouche

Definitions

1. A soul patch, especially in a historical (pre-modern) context.
2. Small stickers or patches affixed to the face as a beauty mark.

Equivalents

Examples

“They lent him a worn aspect which not even a fiercely erect little mustache and a tiny mouche beneath the lower lip could counteract.”

“The hair and beard are represented by a plastic mass : the mouche under the lower lip radiates outward and the moustache consists of two separate⟳ strands ending in spirals.”

“In the colonial period, the taste⟳ for red lips and cheeks came and went, as did fashions for mouches and wigs.”

“LA is very thin, wears a thin mustache and a tiny beatnik mouche under his lower lip. His brown hair is shoulder length. Mike is surfer-blond, like⟳ Ricky in Germany; his hair is shorter, accentuating his somewhat pudgy countenance.”

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