Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a monkey-like face.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog
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Examples
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I think the most amazing thing about all this, the thing that is so incredible, so astonishing, is the fact that I have never heard of this pug-faced little troll.
Justine Henin Retires From Tennis (it's a sport apparently) 2008
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By heaven, though, she was overwhelming, sixteen magnificent stone if she was an ounce, but light on her feet as a dancer, pug-faced pretty in an overblown way, and with a jolly sensuality in the thick purple lips and flaring nostrils spread across the fat shiny cheeks.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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The hooch mogul enjoyed his newfound wealth, swanning around town with beautiful women and pug-faced bodyguards.
Devil Dog David Talbot 2010
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Rich in Depression-era details — horse-drawn ice wagons, pug-faced truant officers, electric fans with open blades, flypaper — the films introduced us to a world where responsible adults were in short supply and authority figures existed for the sole purpose of being defied and undermined.
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Although the England squad boasts world-class names like David Beckham, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard, the country's World Cup chances suddenly seemed to have deflated like a punctured ball -- simply because a pug-faced 20-year-old kid had hurt his right foot.
Young Guns 2007
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Aliya got hit on by the most tenacious pikey I have ever had to shield a woman from, and then his chirpy yet pug-faced female companion tried it on with me!
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Entering the room to which he had been ushered, he saw an old and pug-faced fellow with a round grizzled beard, a black alpaca coat, and a roomy holland waistcoat round his roomy middle, who rose from a swivel chair.
The White Monkey 2004
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Kate thought of the pug-faced notorious Pancho Villa in wonder, unable to connect him with Don Ramón.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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Looking down, Harry saw the pug-faced Pansy Parkinson right at the front of the stands, her back to the pitch as she conducted the Slytherin supporters who were roaring:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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At her feet a small white pug-faced dog, tail erect, had its nose to the ground, snuffling busily.
The Moor King, Laurie R. 1998
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