phiz

Definitions

The face.

Britain, colloquial

Examples

“The emphatic speaker dearly loves to oppose⟳, In contact⟳ inconvenient, nose to nose. As if the gnomon on his neighbour's phiz, Touched with the magnet had attracted his.”

“[…] and whatever the feelings which now agitate our secret hearts, — you see⟳ we are resolved at least to put⟳ on a cheerful phiz, and not to die⟳ either of the dumps or the mumps, or any other of the dismals.”

“"As for thee, thou givest me good-morrow with thy one eye and thy lameness and thy ill-omened phiz and I become⟳ poor and bankrupt and hungry!"”

“Flores stood in a corner with a melancholy expression on his phiz.”

“Sulley Muntari gets fresh and funky on social media disgrace Twitter after claims were made that he introduced his open⟳ palm to the phiz of a referee...”

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