Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the face foul or filthy.
- Of foul aspect or character; foul-mouthed.
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Examples
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I am foul-faced and a hillwoman, but, as thy talk goes, I have acquired merit.
Kim 2003
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I am foul-faced and a hillwoman, but, as thy talk goes, I have acquired merit.
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Mademoiselle were ushered in unceremoniously by the foul-faced Pierce.
Hurricane Island 1892
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"Yes, very -- but I was as bonny as you once, and if you lives -- mind that -- fair and happy as you stand now, you'll be as withered, and foul-faced, and wretched as me -- ha! ha!
Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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