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  • No doubt it seems strange to you that a bank representative should be talking to a gathering of business men on human relations, or public relations, because, according to public concept, there was a time when we were rather commonly regarded as a frosty-faced and fish-eyed group, with a little chunk granite where the heart is normally located.

    Human Relations and You 1948

  • You don't have to recite to some frosty-faced old dame that's trying to show off to the principal, and you can study any subject you want to.

    Babbitt 1922

  • You don’t have to recite to some frosty-faced old dame that’s trying to show off to the principal, and you can study any subject you want to.

    Chapter 6 1922

  • You don't have to recite to some frosty-faced old dame that's trying to show off to the principal, and you can study any subject you want to.

    Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • The younger Colman, who attended, or rather neglected to attend his lectures, speaks of him as 'an acute frosty-faced little Dr. Dunbar, a man of much erudition, and great goodnature.'

    Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • Tom Coughlin's frosty-faced wrath for missing wide left from 36 yards at the end of regulation, soon trotted out for the 47-yard game-winner.

    NYT > Home Page By HARVEY ARATON 2012

  • Colman, who attended, or rather neglected to attend his lectures, speaks of him as 'an acute frosty-faced little Dr. Dunbar, a man of much erudition, and great goodnature.'

    Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767

  • If you’re dying to know where Lindsay Lohan inherited her slutty genes from, look no further than this baby picture of the girl, who is seen in the arms of a frosty-faced Southern prostitutey lookin lady, Dina Lohan.

    While You Were Paying Your Last Respects to Shrubby… | Best Week Ever 2007

  • You don’t have to recite to some frosty-faced old dame that’s trying to show off to the principal, and you can study any subject you want to.

    Babbit 2004

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