Meaning of sheep-faced | Babel Free

Definitions

1. bashful; sheepish
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2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, face.

Examples

“Margaret and Marillier stand⟳, he rather sheepfaced, but putting on a bold and smiling front,”

“So presently his lordship began to tell⟳ his symptoms to the doctor. The first part of ‘em seemed natural enough for a sheep faced village idiot like⟳ him.”

“The sheep-faced soldier said, “What-say we tear⟳ up some floorboards upstairs an’ cover⟳ some of these cellar winders?””

“Some do go beyond the bounds, and the police round them up, amid snickers, and keep⟳ them in safe quarters until Ash Wednesday. Then, in sheepfaced groups, the transgressors creep⟳ out of the “xadrés,” Rio slang for lock-up, and run⟳ the gauntlet of huge crowds of laughing onlookers”

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