harelip

• He had a distinctive mouth, marred by the scar of a sewn harelip, a broken tooth in the centre front, and an indefinable air of slyness which at this moment was overshadowed by a terror quite out of proportion to his crime, at least so far as it was suspected. —  The Tiger In The Smoke - Allingham, Margery - Albert Campion 15
• "I think Joaquin's harelip is fabulous ," Bentley intones dramatically. —  Glamorama
• He died after eighteen months, his physical and mental health de­stroyed, followed six months later by Mrs. Kiszko herself Public outrage at Kiszko's treatment was immense, al­though few recognized that by baying for blood in the wake of a child's murder they had added to the pressure on the police to find a culprit Howard Stamp Bullied mercilessly at school for his harelip and defec­tive speech, Stamp had a miserable attendance record. —  Disordered Minds
• She may not have had a harelip, but her speech impediment was more severe than his, her friends as few and her dislike of going out as great. —  Disordered Minds
• In his comparatively short life he had been teased and bullied for his harelip, mocked for his stupidity, accused and con­victed of murdering the one person who protected him, then abandoned to fend for himself in the harsh environ­ment of prison. —  Disordered Minds

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