Meaning of pigface | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various mesembryanthemums of the genus Carpobrotus, native to coastal areas of Australia, and producing edible fruits.
2. Term of abuse for an ugly person.
   derogatory, informal

Examples

“The road cut⟳ through sand dunes spread⟳ patchily with pigface and tumbleweeds and led obliquely to the sea […]”

“that other fleshy plant⟳, the one called pig-face, had lain across a corner of the cliffs like⟳ vivid pink shantung flung across a draper's counter.”

“My father was forever trying to tame this lumpen block⟳, buttressing it with rock gardens and rock walls garlanded with pigface, courtesy of my mother.”

“Near-synonym: dogface”

“Shut⟳ up, pigface!”

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