whey-faced

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  1. Having a white or pale face; pallid. All this You made me quit, to follow That sneaking, Whey-fac'd God Apollo. Prior, To Fleetwood Shephard(1689).

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  • I do not think that word means what you think it means, you whey-faced cow. —  The Jawa Report
  • The night terrors begin to infest her waking life when, while babysitting one of those whey-faced grade-schoolers who populate modern horror films as if by quota, the kiddie cryptically intones: "Jumby wants to be born now." —  Westword | Complete Issue
  • The night terrors begin to infest her waking life when, while baby-sitting one of those whey-faced grade-schoolers who populate modern horror films as if by quota, the kiddie cryptically intones: "Jumby wants to be born now." —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • I am not sure how Branagh will fare as a "whey-faced hunchback lawyer in black robe and cap." —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • The short version is that Coldplay supported them on tour, and absolutely no-one spotted that these whey-faced pups were going to be number 1 a year later and become "the next U2" (or whoever you care to name), and he still gets a thousand yard stare whenever the subject somes up at just how wrong he got it ... —  Word Magazine -
 

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