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  • Maybe they were influenced by his faunish effect on females, but they had understanding too.

    Faun & Games Anthony, Piers 1997

  • Was there any point trying to explain about the effect faunish contact had on females?

    Faun & Games Anthony, Piers 1997

  • There is to his eyes tonight a definite faunish slant.

    Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

  • But, unexpectedly, in the emphasis on a groove running from his nostrils to the corners of his faunish mouth and in the surprising heaviness of the mouth itself, Troy had unveiled a hedonist in Hilary.

    Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972

  • Once in the shadow of the woods, he himself was a wild animal, a creature of faunish activity and grace.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • She was short-nosed, pulpy-mouthed and faunish-eyed, and only the rather remarkable smallness of the head on the splendid thick throat saved her from ordinariness.

    Widdershins Oliver [pseud.] Onions 1917

  • Very stealthily her faunish eyes had stolen sideways, and then she had swiftly turned her head.

    Widdershins Oliver [pseud.] Onions 1917

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