phiz

Next day there was more than one "phiz" between Minnie and Mona, owing to the fact that Minnie's mind was so entirely occupied by her new undertaking, that she could not manage to give more than a small part of her attention to her lessons.

Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission

But on this particular day it seemed as if some of the ingredients were wanting, for the morning and afternoon passed, to the astonishment of all, without a single "phiz" as the girls were wont somewhat felicitously to call the frequent passages of arms in which the two girls considered it their peculiar privilege to indulge.

Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission

Dean Swift, the great Irish satirist, coined the word "phiz" for face.

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"Lamper, old chap, I _am_ glad to see your 'phiz' again."

The Hill A Romance of Friendship

He has a long pedigree, a crooked tail and the drollest "phiz" in dogdom.

The Story of My Life

a key connection between the elongation of Soyer's physiognomy ( "phiz"), and his desire for renown.

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It got his phiz on the front of Time Magazine, so I'm sure he considers it money well spent.

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He was big and ugly, with a nose that had been spread half across his face, probably by a club, there wasn't a hair on his phiz or gleaming skull, the huge arms protruding from his vest were covered with tattoos, but what took the eye was that he was clieking away with knitting needles at a piece of woollen work - not a common sight in a waterfront dosshouse.

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Anyway, darlings, when I spotted this person's phiz in the print edition of today's WSJ, my first thought was "My Goddess, that's a woman disguised as a man!"

Friday Night Miscellany

It was a boy less than ten years of age, ragged, very small, yellow, with an odd phiz, a vivacious eye, an enormous amount of hair drenched with rain, and wearing a contented air.

Les Miserables